We always feel like we have something new and fresh ready for us when we wake up on 1-1 of each year. It is like a big reset and we are ready to go. The year is young and it makes us feel young again, at lest for a little while.
But, the fact is that every day can feel this way. God means for every day to feel new and fresh to us. He has built hope into every 24 hour cycle. Let me explain…
The Jewish day begins at 6 pm in the evening and ends the next day at the same time. This means that during that cycle of time it is light, gets dark, and then gets light again. And, if you live in Jerusalem right now, it is already dark when the day begins. In Genesis reference is made to the ‘evening and the morning’ for each day of creation.
The point is that each day God is sending us a message. The evening darkens. It gets colder. Hope seems to lessen. But, then comes the morning! A new day, and new hope, is born. And thus each and every day is a reminder of the victory that we can have in Christ. He has defeated the darkness.