From Resolution to Revelation: Letting God Set the Vision for Your Year

Here we go, Lord willing, we are about to go into a New Year, and the start of a new year often brings with it a flood of resolutions, plans to do better, be better, and accomplish more. Yet many believers quietly discover that by February, myself included that those well-intended goals lose their momentum. And for me, the problem is not discipline alone; it is direction. True transformation does not begin with human resolution but with God's divine revelation.

The Bible reminds us, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18, KJV). I've come to learn that vision, in Scripture, is not self-manufactured ambition, it is God-given clarity. When we enter a new year asking God to bless our plans instead of asking Him to reveal His, we reverse the order of spiritual leadership.

God invites us to live by revelation, not reaction. I was reading in Habakkuk, which clearly states the Lord’s instruction: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it” (Habakkuk 2:2). Vision from God provides purpose, endurance, and direction. It tells us not only where we are going, but why we must keep going when the road becomes difficult.

Many of us fail not because they lack effort, but because they lack alignment. When God sets the vision, He also supplies the grace to fulfill it. What He initiates, He sustains. Human resolutions aim at self-improvement, but God's revelation aims at life transformation.

As leaders and disciples, the beginning of the year is not the time to ask, “What do I want to accomplish?” but rather, “Lord, what are You calling me to do, to accomplish, to steward?” Jesus modeled this posture perfectly, declaring, “I seek not My own will but the will of Him who sent Me” (John 5:30).

When we surrender our calendars to God, the year becomes more than productive, it becomes purposeful. And in 2025 I've learned that God’s vision anchors us in obedience, not outcomes, and that success in His kingdom is measured not by achievement, but by faithfulness.

As we step into this new year, let's pause before planning. Sit with God. Listen. Let Him reveal what this season is truly about. Because the greatest vision for your life will never be discovered in haste, but in humble submission. I believe that a year led by revelation will always outlast a year driven by resolution.