Ask,

     and it will be given you;

seek,

      and you will find;

knock,

      and it will be opened to you.

For every one who asks

                      receives,

and he who seeks

                      finds,

and to him who knocks

                      it will be opened.

                      Matthew 7. 7-8

(Have I even brought this

                  before the LORD?

God does not just provide

                     open doors;

   He knocks 

          on the door of my heart.

When I seek Him,

         and not just an answer,

He provides in ways

     far beyond what I ever expect.

God never works in 

                  singular outcomes.)

Is anything

   too hard for the LORD?

At the appointed time...

              Genesis 18. 14

(I may not be ready yet.

The right time 

        may not yet be ripened.

But I can know that

       Almighty God is already at work.

He steps in

and manifests the impossible

               at the appointed time.

God is never late.

His timing and provision

   are more perfect

   than we will ever know.

"Trust Me in this.")

Lift up your eyes,

and look from the place

             where you are....

                  Genesis 13. 14

(Don't miss out where you are today,

  be faithful in what is before you.

       God is at work.

   His mighty hand is guiding you

   in what is before you

                 and into what is next.)

But God...

          Genesis 8. 1

(Because there is God,

    because God is,

nothing is random,

or meaningless,

or empty without purpose,

        nor are you.

Because God is,

    everything is significant,

       profoundly designed,

       divinely appointed,

                  as are you.

Because God is,

    don't live as if He isn't.

"Be not afraid,

        I am with you."

God doesn't just intervene.

          God redeems).

And Noah did all

that the LORD 

    had commanded him.

                   Genesis 7. 5

(Noah responded to God

even in what

    didn't seem to make sense.

Responding to God,

following Him into something,

        is never a mistake,

even when it turns out

     different than you expect.

God prepares you for what is

and equips you

      for what is to come.

God's purposes prevail,

  even in what we may

          never live long enough to see).

Blessed are all

who take refuge in Him.

                      Psalm 2. 11

(Refuge in the LORD

     is not a place of hiding,

but a place of strength

           from which to go forth.

Not a place for cowards,

   but the address

          of the courageous).

In the beginning 

   God created

the heavens and the earth.

                 Genesis 1. 1

(Life all boils down to this reality:

                  God is.  

He created the world,

       and He created you.

Nothing random at all).

Happy New Year.

Don't just watch 

what God will do in this new year--

          join Him in it.