Day 1: The Resolutions of Edwards

Day 1

Preface: Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat him by his grace to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to his will, for Christ’s sake.

Edwards begins by giving the foundation for how he believes he will be able to both discipline and focus himself to keep these resolutions. I want to echo his sentiments for my plan to blog through his resolutions. Everything I do is only by God's power. God alone is the reason for anything good that is within or comes out of me. While I can make plans to do this, I know His plan may be for me to not finish the next sentence. So, selfishly I am doing this as a disciplined, focused effort to extract the marrow out of a man blessed by God. I know that within these resolutions are truth from a man who did great things, but God's power. Edwards would certainly balk at the current way he is almost idolized, instead he would point to the God who made him and empowered him to do anything. How radical a thought process, the more Edwards leaned and relied on God, the bigger his legacy. But he never did it for those reasons, we look back and lift him up. This brings to mind the current song by Matthew West, "Strong Enough." Each day, the more I realize how weak I am, the more God's power will live in me. I need God, I need His power to accomplish anything in my life. How do I identify myself, do I do it like the Apostle Paul? Do I lean on the power of God to live my life? Why in the world do I continue to think I can do it on my own? "Best laid plans" are laid on God.