All Things Made New

​He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. (Revelation 21:5-7)
 
Typically, at the start of a new year we make resolutions. Things we want to change or do, maybe the way we want to live differently. But how long do these resolutions last? If we’re honest, our good intentions soon lapse and are forgotten. 
 
Here we have a promise that will stand for all eternity. Everything has been made new through the work of Jesus, because of his death and resurrection. 
 
I know we all face challenges and sometimes life is not easy. I know we all struggle with things that we feel have been with us forever. Often it feels like we live with a contradiction: the competing forces of our new life in Christ with the struggle against the old orphan-hearted way we used to live.  
 
If we make any new year resolution, may it be to gaze upon the One whose promise stands for all eternity. He has made everything new and if we desire more then he will satisfy the longing of our heart, simply because he is our Father and we are his children.