Walking Into the New Year
Learning to Live From Another Life
I once heard a pastor say,
“If we don’t find it in Jesus’ life, it doesn’t have to be in mine.”
That sentence feels especially kind at the beginning of a new year.
Jesus did not live from His own resources.
He lived from the life of Another—His Abba.
And Scripture reminds us that the same is true for us:
It is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
We are not asked to generate more effort.
We are invited to live from a deeper source.
And Jesus shows us what that looks like.
Jesus Was Never Hurried
Jesus moved with purpose, not pressure.
He was attentive, not anxious.
Present, not driven.
Love is never in a rush—because love trusts the Father’s timing.
The new year doesn’t need your urgency.
It needs your presence.
Jesus Was Never Worried
Jesus faced real opposition, real need, real uncertainty.
Yet fear never set the agenda for His life.
He rested in His Father’s goodness—even when the outcome wasn’t yet visible.
The year ahead doesn’t require your anxiety.
It invites your confidence in God’s care.
Jesus Never Lived in the Problem
He acknowledged pain, but He didn’t dwell there.
While others fixated on what was broken, Jesus lived from what was being restored.
He knew where life flowed from.
The future doesn’t ask you to deny reality—
only to live from a deeper one.
The Invitation at the Center
Jesus doesn’t begin with instructions.
He begins with an invitation.
“Come to Me.”
Rest isn’t something we earn by trusting well.
It’s the space where trust is formed.
When we come to Him, we discover that His yoke doesn’t add weight—it shares it.
He carries what we never could, and we learn His rhythm as we walk beside Him.
Walking Forward
This year isn’t something you must conquer. (Read again)
It’s something you are invited to walk—held, guided, and loved.
Not hurried.
Not worried.
Not trapped in the problem.
But rooted in the life of Another.
Reflection