We are heading into the final week of 2020. With the New Year approaching, there are plenty of people out there thinking through their New Year’s resolutions. No matter the New Year resolution, there are similarities with each of them. Each begins with a recognition of needed change. Often there is a perception that it takes a new calendar year to commence necessary changes. The time to start needed change is today. From the moment there is a recognition of a need to change, that is the time to initiate it. Often there is hesitation to adjust.

How many times have we witnessed someone hold off on a spiritual need? We should not be lagging in our faith. When it comes to our faith, we should have a sense of importance. The time to act on spiritual needs is now. We must be ready to move forward. In the book of Matthew, Jesus points out the need to be urgent and ready. Jesus says in Matthew 24:42-44, “Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore, you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Although we prepare for what the future may hold, we do not know what it has in store. We may not have as many opportunities to change what we need. Why wait for a new year? Start the change! The time is now!