"Failing Resolutions"

New Years Resolutions have been made for over 3000 years based on recorded history.  I would dare say that for 3000 years, resolutions have failed.

One of the reasons resolutions fail is we do not use realistic goals.  One example might be to loose weight:  instead of vowing to loose 10 pounds in the year, we vow to loose all our extra weight for the year and we try to loose them all in January!  By February we are starved and giving up!

Biblical teachings understand that we are not all perfect but we are to resolve to be better.  Paul wrote about himself in Philippians 3:12-13 (NIV)  “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” 

We are also instructed in the Bible to live our life with wisdom.  Proverbs 15:21 (NIV) says, “Folly delights a man who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding keeps a straight course.”

 Asking God to help us make reasonable changes in our life will help us keep them throughout the year. “Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.”  (Psalm 51:6 NIV)

 This year, make your resolutions reasonable and come February, you will not fail!