January, the first month of the year, was named after Janus, the God of doors and gates in Roman mythology. Janus is usually represented by a head with two faces: one looking backward and one looking forward.
We should never look backward to last year’s failures, lest we become discouraged, and we should never look backwards to last year’s successes lest we become proud. Always remember that the past is past and this can seldom be changed. However, the year before us is a future, yet to be determined and will be the result of our good or bad choices. Let me give you some examples of good choices.
First: choose to honor God and His Word—” This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success” (Joshua (1:8). God’s promise is clear: if we honor God’s word, prosperity and success will follow.
Second: Choose to honor your father and mother—“Honor your father and mother, that your ways may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12).The New Testament repeats and confirms this promise and adds that this is the “first commandment with promise” (Ephesians 6:2).
Third: Choose to honor God for all you have —“Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruitsi of all your increase, so shall your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine ” (Proverbs 3:9,10).
There is yet another promise from God: God will honor those who honor him.
Choose to honor God and to set new goals for 2026 and He will bless you as He has promised.
If you would like to know more about how to honor God, please contact your pastor or contact me at– rerj56@gmail.com