I don’t know if I have ever begun a
new year with quite the same serene sense of freedom as I encountered in
closing 2012 and awakening to 2013. The future is alive with possibilities and
adventures unknown, but I fear none of them. I am at peace. I am simply open to
whatever may come. Circumstances are by no means calm, everything signals
impending changes, imminent transitions, potential chaos and anxiety. Yet it
seems as if my soul has found a haven, for I do not feel unsettled by any of
it. The Lord is my Shepherd, why should I fear? The Lord, my Hope, is strong
and sure. I have a thousand doubts. His Word sustains me; his faithfulness
never fails. How thrilling and freeing to find repose in him, to fall with
unflinching abandon into the invisible surety of his provision, his wisdom, his
timing his grace. My soul finds in him beautiful rest that renews like no sleep
ever can. The depths of his comfort are infinite.
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there
is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the
Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to
another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
