As we begin a new year, many of us look for a fresh start. We set new goals and intentions, hoping that this year will be different in some way. But the greatest new beginning doesn’t come from trying harder; it comes from believing the truth about what Jesus has already done.
God is a redeeming God. He has become our salvation. This is His promise of the coming Messiah in Exodus 6:6: “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm.”
Through Jesus, that promise is fulfilled. He paid the price with His outstretched arms on the cross. You are bought and paid for with the blood of Christ. There is nothing you need to earn; nothing you need to fix first. All you have to do is believe.
Romans 10:13 assures us, “Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” God is not a performance-based Father. He doesn’t love you more when you do everything right. His love keeps no record of wrongs. His love fully restores. He makes you into what He intended you to be from the very beginning.
If you’re carrying regrets from your past, remember this: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
This is what He wants for you—not just forgiveness, but transformation. He wants to walk with you into a life of abundant mercy, love, and acceptance.
Psalm 65:11 says, Your paths drip with abundance. That’s what He has in store for you this year, if you’ll receive it.
So don’t strive. Just surrender. As Ephesians 1:6 tells us, He made us accepted in the Beloved. Let this year be the one where you stop looking back and start walking in the new life Christ has already prepared for you.
God bless you!
Scripture is quoted from the NKJV.
