Live It Articles A New Day and A New Way!

Zechariah 4:10  "Who hath despised the day of small things? For they will rejoice when they see."

As I was working out yesterday, I saw three Canadian Geese lying under a bush. I thought to myself that in only a couple of months, I will begin seeing new baby geese in the lake.   Each year, as I daily watch the process of the new little yellow down geese babies being hatched, those cute little down creations begin to grow and transform into the beautiful Canadian Geese they were born to be. The odd thing I observed: there is a point in their growing process that they are actually very gangly and ugly, not very "goose looking" at all. Then shortly thereafter, they actually begin to look like the geese God intended them to be.

The smoothest tactic the enemy uses on us, as we go through the process of becoming a new creation in Him, is to try and rush the process by skipping necessary steps. We begin to despise the day of the small steps it takes to get to our goals. As we press on, there even comes a time in the process that we may appear to ourselves gangly and ugly like those baby geese. Alas, we emerge, and begin to look and feel like the person God intended all along for us to be. Becoming a new creation in the Lord is just the starting point of our journey to transformation. We have just hatched and are ready to grow in a new environment

The very best personal trainer any of us could have is our Creator and Father in Heaven. He knows our body right down to the smallest atom. He is very interested in our progress and our exercise program as we are transformed into a new creation .

2005 is here and we are all in the "start over" mode. Most of us have good intentions of starting over with the same exercise and food thoughts we had this time last year. God would like to start you over with new thoughts and motives. It is time to come to terms with the fact that in Christ Jesus, you are for sure a new creation . You are a new creature with new thoughts of reaching and exceeding your goals and expectations for health and fitness this year. It is now time to walk through the process one small step at a time.

Despise not the day of small things . Get your mind in gear for thinking like one of God's new creations. Think New! Act New! Do New! The old things are passed away!

God is doing a new thing with you this year! Time to come alive in 2005!

A prayer for you to begin the 2005 New Year as a new creation:

    Father, Here I am back at "square one" again!

    Oh Father! Help to know where YOU want me to begin.

    Hold my hand tightly, as YOU teach me to enjoy playing in the shallow water before I graduate to the deep.

    Teach me, Father, to enjoy the entire re-creating process, as You and I walk step by step through my problems together.

    And Father, keep me from trying to slay my giants first, before I learn to kill the bears, and then the lions in my life.

    Father, hold my hand tightly and don't let me run ahead of you and try to speed up my new creation process.

    Thank you, Father, that my problems are important to you, and that I am your special child.

    So, here I am once again, God.   Will you teach me how to walk again? Teach me to walk through the process as one of your special new creations .

Press ON!

Beverly Henson
Certified Personal Trainer


Beverly Henson is a conference and rally speaker for the First Place ministry. She is also a Bible teacher and certified personal trainer. Beverly joined First Place in July 1997 and has lost 160 pounds. First Place has given Beverly a powerful testimony. She is the First Place Director and the Director of Wellness Ministries at Northcrest Baptist Church in Meridian, MS. She is also an area Networking Leader for First Place in Mississippi. Beverly has a genuine love of proclaiming the word of God to His people.