In just two days we begin our journey into a new year, 2015.  With each passing year, time seems to move more swiftly than it did when I was younger.  Still, each year provides us with an unexplored opportunity to make a new resolution for what we hope to accomplish in the coming year.  We tend to be very good at making resolutions for the New Year, but most of the time we fail to follow through on our good intentions.

     As we look towards the 365 days that now lay before us, let us think about some of those important things that we would like to achieve in the coming year.  Perhaps we want to lose weight, or read a book, or be more involved with our families in 2015.  Whatever our goals, it is important that we remember God in our planning.  In Luke 12:13-21 we read the parable of the rich fool.  He had made plans for what he intended to do with all of his goods with a resolution to build bigger barns to store his produce.  Tragically, he failed to include God in his plans, and he is thus called a fool by Jesus.

     The problem with this man was not that he made plans, but that he failed to include God in his planning.  He was laying up treasures for himself, but was not rich toward God (Luke 12:21).  As we plan for the coming year, let us not make the same mistake.  Let us be sure to include God in our plans for 2015.  Let us see if we can draw ourselves closer to Him through this year’s resolutions!