The Elephant In the Room

It’s New Year’s Day, 2025. We have just enjoyed a wonderful holiday season surrounded by family and friends and are now looking ahead to the new year and all the oppertunities that God will bring our way.  One of my favorite moments over the Christmas break was when my son-in-law Eli sent us a video of our little two-year old granddaughter Elsie sitting in the floor with a stuffed Elephant and an opened book, thumbing through the pages. As she turned page after page of this unillustrated novel, she looked at her stuffed Elephant and said, “No pictures Elephant - sorry!” 

This provided us with a good laugh, but it also brought an inspired thought to me. I would like to address the “Elephant in the room” for many. Here you sit at the threshold of a new year and you’ve got no picture - no vision if you will - for what you should be striving to achieve this year. You have no goals, no resolutions, no ambitions for the next twelve months.

I want to challenge you to take this to the Lord. I believe God wants to give you a picture of the things He would like to do in you and through you in the coming days. There’s a wonderful passage of scripture in Psalm 143:10 where the Psalmist prays, "You are my God. Show me what you want me to do, and let your gentle Spirit lead me in the right path.” Psalm 37:4 says, “Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” This doesn’t mean God will give you anything you want. It means if you seek Him and put your heart in His hands, He will fill your heart with desires that reflect what He is wanting you to do. Treat those things like your sacred assignment and live on mission this year! Let the elephant in the room know you’ve got the picture now!