Every year people all around the world use the new year to make false goals for themselves. Most of which last a week, maybe two, but rarely do these seasonal ambitions carry any weight. I personally think New Year's resolutions were invented as a way to pig out on Christmas & get trashed on New Year's Eve knowing that you can fix it "next year". This attitude can be seen all throughout modern Christians. Some people use Lent, confessionals, prayer services, conventions, or bible camps as an excuse to live poorly beforehand. We think that if we can just get forgiven and get back on track later we can just pig out on sin until then.
Many times, just like New Year's resolutions these ideas of forgiveness never happen. We get into a rut and think that we could stop it all in a seccond so why stop now? We enjoy our sin and we continually feast on it with a hope of later returning to God. The only problem is that he is'nt always where you left him. It is much more work to get back on track than it is to just stay on. Every Christian knows that the road isn't always easy, but its much easier than driving through the dirt.
This year forget about your goals to lose a few pounds (Trust me the calories burn right off when youre dead...have you ever seen a fat skeleton?) and focus on a New Year's Revolution. Use this time of new beginnings to completely turn yourself around. Do not merely make minor changes that can be easily forgotten. Allow God to take you over completely inside and out. The bible does not call for us to be a little bit better. The bible says to "Repent" and that means to completely turn from sin. So turn yourself inisde-out upside down and backwards so that God can give you the best year of your life.
