Today is my birthday...
I have lived several decades now (more than half of what I will be allowed in skin I'm thinking)... and I can truly say... I LOVE THIS LIFE I"VE BEEN GIVEN....
Each year it seems that the LORD allows a spark to begin growing in me until on my birthday (or closely to it)... I understand the FLAME...
THE WORD...
THE GIFT for the year that is coming.
2016 was such a year of uncertainty... looking for how to keep my head above water and know what to do in extreme circumstances... I think perhaps I was fearful of the road ahead, and of course the media (social and news, and even sometimes those who lived in that stuff) all set the course for things that were not who I am. How many times did I say... "I'm afraid IF...."?
WELL, this year... 2017.... there is a NEWNESS settling into my soul....
The "preparation" mode is now being replace with an anticipation of purpose and destiny...
I am not naive enough to think that the world is changed... the enemy of our souls will always be out there trying to rock our "boats"... and keep us from sure footing... but there is something NEW.
I believe America has been given a second chance.
I believe in this gift of more "time"... there is a new mandate for us as believers... for ME as a child of the KING.
One might say... how can a new purpose be given to one your age?
Let me tell you friends... new purpose is what God does all the time for His own... doesn't the Word say that His mercies are NEW EVERY morning? EVERY day... I believe that This year will hold some unanticipated wonderment!!!
People are thinking that "prosperity"... "wealth".... "lower taxes"... "more freedom"... "more safety"..."more jobs:) "jobs jobs jobs don't ya know?"... "more!!!"... the land of "plenty" will indeed be reborn as a new leadership takes charge.....
I'll tell you this.... I'm glad this was our choice, but I think that the reason, for me, is much deeper than the personal soulish benefits that I truly believe will be this year.
For me, I've been given this "time" for treasure greater than gold or wealth... for business more than a 9-5 job, and for plenty beyond just my pleasure or needs.... I believe that I've been given this time for more.... As we quit feeling the need to "prepare" for physical worldly attacks... as we become "safer" in our country... I think we need to be aware that this does not mean we are "safe"... we will always have an enemy! I believe that my focus (AND his) has shifted!!!
SHIFTED!!! SHIFTED!!!!!
like the evil eye of Sauron in the LOTR... that EYE... was always searching for the ones with the ability to "come against the gates.. of his kingdom and destroy it".... THIS is what I believe this time is all about.... Just as that eye honed in on the target... Frodo and Sam honed in on their purpose... their goal.
THIS is what I think we have been given time to do... hone in on the targets of the ones the LORD has put into our paths for His purposes through us, His children, His living letters.... IT is people He cares about... and we will be shown more and more how to reach and teach, and touch and speak and BE WHO WE ARE MEANT TO BE!!! YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!!!!
This year we will be released to things that we have no idea about yet... or maybe just inklings! I believe it!!!
so... my word for this year... 2017???
BALANCE!!!!
"As the shifts come, you will have the flexibility in your stance and the tightness in your core to find your balance quickly so that you are effective and efficient in the purposes I have given you for each day."
"Don't get your plans ahead of Mine, and stay open to My interruptions of your schedules.... remain flexible so that if a shifting comes to throw you off balance, you recognize it and are able to regain your stand on solid ground quickly. Understand that you have purpose even if it is being still and knowing.... Being still is a "doing in MY book.... have you not read that? Be still and KNOW that I am God... I make the plans... I know the plans.... I made you and I know what each day holds for you. Hear My voice (you are my precious lamb)... and Know that I will tell you BEFORE it happens because I am the Good Father and I love you..... You are mine! I will tell you... the shifts will come, but you will stand... Know that your balance is found in your trust in Me and believing that I do what I say.... I am the LORD and I NEVER CHANGE.... on that you can be sure."
my response: LORD help me believe and know.... I love you Father... thank you.
***This is what my heart speaks for me... BUT those of you who read this.... could it speak to you as well? I gladly share it!! I believe it is a word of hope!***
