Entering the New Year With Wisdom

Key Takeaways

1. Life is frustratingly enigmatic—trust God. Life won’t submit to our spreadsheets. The Hebrew havel names life’s vapor-like nature: real, present, but impossible to grasp fully. God designed it that way to draw hearts into faith, not control. Trust becomes the pathway through puzzles we cannot solve. 

2. Embrace the season God appointed. There is a time for everything—and not all times feel the same. Wisdom accepts the present season without resentment and without comparing to others. Rejoice with those rejoicing, weep with those weeping, and remember: no season is forever. 

3. God makes everything beautiful in time. God is not late; He is precise. Even the difficult stretches can become seedbeds for future ministry and compassion. What feels unfinished today may be the very thing that becomes fruitful tomorrow in God’s timing. 

4. Eternity in our hearts reshapes priorities. Human hearts ache for more than moments; they long for meaning. Live with eternal priorities—walk in the good works God prepared, and measure success by faithfulness, not outcomes. What matters forever should govern what matters today. 

5. Enjoy life as God’s daily gift. Joy, doing good, eating, drinking, and taking pleasure in work are not concessions; they are commands. Gratitude—not anxious striving—is the wise way to live. Receive today as a gift and enjoy it rightly before God.