It’s the last day of 2025. After today, we’ll officially step into the second half of this decade— which sounds crazy to be saying. Time moves quietly until suddenly it doesn’t. One minute we are making plans, and the next we are looking back and wondering how we got here.
Moments like these force us to pause. To breathe. To look honestly at the lives we are living.
What have you accomplished?
Who have you helped?
If your life ended today, what would you be remembered for?
These questions aren’t meant to shame us; they’re meant to wake us up.
Scripture actually invites us into this kind of reflection. “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). God knows how easy it is for us to drift— to get caught in routine, to live on autopilot, to assume we have endless time. But we don’t. And that’s not meant to scare us. Rather, it’s meant to anchor us.
Because the truth is: your days matter.
Your choices matter.
Your obedience matters.
Your love matters.
Your yes to God matters.
We are halfway through a decade, but more importantly, we are halfway through stories that we cannot see fully yet. Heaven sees them, though. Heaven sees every unseen act of faithfulness. Every quiet prayer. Every moment you choose integrity when no one is watching. Every time you forgave when it hurt. Every time you served without applause.
“Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31)
That means small things count.
The hidden things count.
The things no one celebrates count.
But reflection also means honesty.
Did we live this year with intention?
Did we love people well?
Did we steward what God placed in our hands?
Did we obey when He nudged?
Did we trust Him even when it made no sense?
Because at the end of our lives, the only words that will matter are the ones Jesus spoke in Matthew 25.
“Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Not “well known”.
Not “well accomplished”.
Not “well followed”.
Well done. Faithful. Servant.
As we step into a new year, maybe the question isn’t “What will I achieve?”, but “Who will I become?”.
Will I be someone who carries the presence of God into every room?
Will I be someone who loves others deeply and sacrificially?
Will I be someone who chooses holiness over convenience?
Will I be someone who says yes to God even when it costs something?
We don’t need another year of half-hearted Christianity.
We don’t need another year of spiritual sleepwalking.
We don’t need another year of waiting for “the right moment” to start living like Jesus.
We need a church awake.
We need believers who are alert, sober-minded, and ready to give an answer.
We need hearts that burn again.
This is the invitation of the new year.
Not the reinvent yourself— but to return to Him.
Not to chase more —but to seek first His kingdom.
Not to build your own legacy—but to build a life that looks like Jesus.
So, as the year closes, take a moment.
Sit with God.
Ask Him to search your heart.
Ask Him to realign your desires.
Ask Him to breathe fresh fire into places that have grown cold.
Because the next half of this decade is unwritten— and God is ready to write something beautiful with your life if you will let Him.
Here’s to walking into 2026 awake, surrendered, and ready.