Happy New Year to you and your family!
We often have a new year’s resolution for the beginning of a year. In the times of uncertainty, living by faith is more critical than ever before.
In the past year, we have adapted to the new normal in varying degrees. Making plans and having short and long-term goals used to be the norm. Now, we cannot be sure whether our plans can eventuate. In faith, we commit all of our plans to God but the Lord establishes our steps.
From our experiences in the past two years, we have to admit that there are many uncertainties in life. These uncertainties wear us down and bring us a lot of pressure. Yet, when we learn to trust in faith and turn our eyes upon Jesus, our worries will diminish. Our reflection on the past two years tells us that fear and worries do not help us at all.
There is a risk of infection when there is more physical connection with others. While we follow all the health advices and measures, it still takes a step of faith when we go out, meet up with friends, or attend physical worship or bible study.
May this be our new year’s resolution for 2022: Almighty God, help us, the CPCers to walk by faith and not by sight in our daily lives in 2022 so our “faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power” (1 Cor 2:5).
祝你和你的家人新年快樂！
我們經常會在年初制定新年立志。在不確定的時期，憑信心生活比以往任何時候都更為重要。
在過去的一年裡，在不同程度上我們適應了新的常態。制定計劃、制定短期和長期目標曾經是常事。現在，我們無法確定我們的計劃最終能否實現。憑著信心，我們將所有計劃交託給神，因為惟耶和華指引我們的腳步。
從過去兩年的經歷，我們不得不承認，生活中存在許多不確定的因素。這些不確定性讓我們疲憊不堪，給我們帶來了很大的壓力。然而，當我們學習以信心信靠、把目光轉向耶穌時，我們的憂慮就會減少。過去兩年的反省告訴我們，恐懼和擔憂對我們根本沒有任何幫助。
當與他人有更多的實體見面接觸時，就會有被感染的風險。就算我們遵循所有健康的建議和措施，出外、與朋友見面、參加實體崇拜或查經班其實也要踏出信心的一步。
願這是我們2022年的新年立志:全能的神，請幫助我們、長老會的會眾，在 2022 年的日常生活中能夠憑著信心行事，而不是單憑眼睛所見，好讓我們的“信不在乎人的智慧，只在乎神的大能”(哥林多前書 2:5)。
