God calls us to our work in obedience to His will (stanza 2).<\/em><\/p>\n We may offer all our work to God (stanza 3).<\/em><\/p>\n As we journey from this life to glory, we should view our work as part of the coming of God\u2019s kingdom (stanza 4).<\/em><\/p>\n We are to gratefully use all God\u2019s gifts for His glory (stanza 5).<\/p>\n As we begin the new year, we must daily commit our work in the media and all other endeavours to God and declare, as in Psalm 71:16, that we are going \u201cforth in the strength of the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n We serve a God who knows the end from the beginning, and we must ask for His leading in order to succeed in the new year.<\/p>\n On our own according to John 15:5 , we can do nothing; but with God, we can do everything He has purposed for us in 2026.<\/p>\n Psalm 127:1 (KJV)<\/p>\n \u201cExcept the LORD builds the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keeps the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n We will not put our trust in our skills, expertise, experience, or connections alone. When we go forth in His name, we will always remember that we are His ambassadors in the media, occupying till He returns, and committed to doing only His will.<\/p>\n Our prayer, as echoed in the hymn, will always be:<\/p>\n \u201cThe task Thy wisdom hath assigned,<\/p>\n O let me cheerfully fulfil;<\/p>\n Preserve me from my calling\u2019s snare,<\/p>\n And hide my simple heart above\u2014<\/p>\n Above the thorns of choking care,<\/p>\n The gilded baits of worldly love.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This article is a contribution to the Weekly Journal of the African Christian Journalists Network (ACJN), a Christian media platform that unites journalists and media practitioners across Africa to promote truth, integrity, and godly values in journalism and public communication.\u00a0 Please send us an email: <\/em>acjninfo@gmail.com<\/em><\/a>. Better still, you can visit our Facebook page.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cForth in Thy name, O Lord, I go, My daily labor to pursue; Thee, only Thee, resolved to know In all I think, or speak, or do.\u201d \u2014 Charles Wesley The above lines are from the hymn \u201cForth in Thy Name I Go,\u201d published in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1749) by Charles Wesley, originally titled…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/journalistsforchrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LEKAN.jpg\")
LEKAN OTUFODUNRIN, NIGERIA<\/p>\n