It is 2025! That is an entire 25 years beyond when we were told the computers of the world would shut down in the confusion of changing from 1999 to 2000. The possibilities were endless – data would be lost, nuclear codes might change, critical information could be compromised.
Isn’t it amazing that we are still here, long past those dire predictions that had us in an uproar for at least an entire year before 1-1-2000? Sometimes I think we are such an anxious lot of people, and then I consider, what must God think of our needless worry? I imagine He shakes His head in sorrow at us.
Prior to the final election results of 2024 the accusations and threats of doom were incredibly hard to listen to or believe because it was with absolute certainty that the sky was going to fall. And here we now are in 2025. The sky is still above us, and I’m surely on firm ground.
I am thinking that this year I need to listen more to the words in the Good Book and a lot less to the words of humans. After all, who is my Guide and Savior but Jesus. If I seek His will the Holy Spirit is here to direct me in His ways. Oh, that I would always seek the mind of Christ in every circumstance.
My husband Neil needs a newer truck. He drives a 20-year-old truck that has been repaired and repainted over the years. but it is starting to fail and it doesn’t have the safety features that we would like. We also take long trips and want a dependable vehicle that can carry our bikes, etc. So we pray.
Only God knows if the stock market is going to go up or down. Should we use funds that are paying for our retirement or finance a vehicle? We have no idea which is the better plan, but we are asking God to both produce the used vehicle and to give us guidance on the purchase.
It is the new year 2025. Will we live another 10 years or even 20? Will we be healthy or need care? I do not know the answers to these questions but God does, and so I seek His wisdom for all of our plans for our future. Que sera, sera (whatever will be, will be)? No, I’m not sitting here waiting to see what will happen, I am actively involved in seeking the future my Father wants for us.
Is it the wrong year to buy a truck? He will tell us. Maybe it will be in June and not in January. I will continue to pray and seek His will always, waiting on His reply. That is my goal for 2025 and beyond – to seek my Father’s will in every move I take and every moment of my life. I want His blessings and I want to be obedient to the God I love with all my heart. Will we have a newer truck this year? Only God really knows, and so we wait.
Neil has picked out the model and even the color of the truck he would like to drive. We will see if that is the truck God wants Neil to have or is that just the truck Neil wants? I have to laugh when I say this because we have switched models more than once, and the color has moved according to the year of the truck. Does God shake His head at us? I don’t think so, because we are waiting on His word. He always has our best interests at heart, and so the truck will most likely be an even better truck than we have imagined. We will wait and see.
Maybe this is what King David meant when he wrote, “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him …” Surely if the King of Israel could wait upon the Lord then we too can wait. It is also very probable that the waiting becomes easier the longer we have trusted in the Lord to lead us and to provide for us. Neil and I have seen and benefited from God’s good works and His wonderful surprises that delight, which holds us back from now being impetuous.
The truck awaits – somewhere – some model – some color – all unknown. We are waiting upon the Lord, and I will let you know when we find what that truck will be. I know you may be thinking, “What if it is a car?” Ah, so be it. The Lord’s gifts are always better than we imagine.
We are waiting on the Lord.
Happy New Year 2025!
Editor’s note: Amy Patsch writes from Ocean City. Email her at writerGoodGod@gmail.com.
