I have never been very big on making New year’s resolutions. Most people make them out of guilt and then can’t keep them anyway. I resolved not to increase my guilt. At least, I’ve tried.
The driving force behind the desire to make a resolution is the work of the Spirit of God. You want to get better at something you think you should be better at anyway. That feeling is the presence of the dream God has written on your heart that is not yet fulfilled. It is the calling He has placed on your life. You keep coming back to it year after year in some way not because you want to keep the resolutions you make. Rather, it is because the dream God has written on your heart keeps you. It will not let you go. It keeps calling you back wherever you are and whatever you are doing. It is the powerful hand of God holding you up. It is the calling of the Spirit to receive power and equipping to do what you were created to do.
My suggestion for a New Year’s resolution is to to become, with God’s help, the person He created you to become.
