2025: More of the Same or a Reboot?

What will 2025 look like if you keep doing  what you did this year?

¹² So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. ¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

(Psalm 90:12, 17, ESV)

¹⁵ Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶ making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

(Ephesians 5:15-17, ESV)

As I approach 2025 …

1. Choose my steps .

My life is made up of the I make.

2. Make the  use of every day.

making the most of your time… (NAS)
making the most of every opportunity… (NIV)
so make every minute count… (CEV)

• I can  my time in what’s evil.

… making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. (v.16)

• I can my time on what is unimportant.

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise… Therefore do not be foolish… (v.15, v.17a)

• I can my time on what is wise and pleasing to the Lord.

Look carefully then how you walk, … as wise… understand what the will of the Lord is. (v.15, v.17a)

Walking As Jesus Walked

⁵¹ And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart. ⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.

(Luke 2:51-52, ESV)

• Progress won’t just happen.
• I will not drift toward the kind of growth that I want.
• What decisive, purposeful choices will I make this week and in the weeks and months to come?

in wisdom                                 Intellectual/School/Work Life

and in stature                         Physical Life

and in favor with God        Spiritual Life

and (in favor with) man    Relational Life