Happy New Year. The Lord is kind and gracious; He was amazing for us last year and I believe He will be this year. It is who He is, and His nature is immutable and unchangeable, and the fact that He sent Jesus will forever; no matter the situation; be a testament of the extent to which He will go for us. He loves us and if you forget everything else; realizing that is enough to start your journey back.
So I feel like also sharing the process of how I hear what God is saying for the year, and for how it has been for me the past few years. I think the very first time I heard from God concerning a year was on The new year’s eve of 2013; when I was trying to sleep and I could not sleep because I had the Scripture Isaiah 45:1-3 burning in my heart. It was not a memory verse of mine; and I had no idea what it said but it was burning in my heart and I felt it would be the theme for the New Year. And the next years after that it was like that. A verse that burned deep in me on New Years or towards the day and I would know that I would know-because the Holy Spirit would whisper it in my heart.
And this year’s theme has been different; because whilst the Agenda has burned in my heart, the verse has not. And I felt invited by God to search the scriptures and He would breathe on the words that are for this year. Initially, I wondered if God had gone cold on me; but then I realised that He is a loving father who does not dwell in a comfort zone; and He cannot be boxed so I obliged. And even as I share, I do not feel any pressure anymore to be right-because I have confidence that behind the word of God that He shares, is His power to fulfill it and no gymnastics on my part will make it more or less true.
For a while now, I believe the Lord has been impressing something upon my heart as the theme for this year; Acceleration. In particular, the acceleration that is of God that speeds up processes and takes us to either our destinies, our dreams, or visions faster than we would normally be able to do in the natural. Acceleration where what is seen in a time period is more than should naturally happen.
This year in 2018, I believe is a Year the Lord will accelerate us towards our destiny and purpose in Him and we will see the fruition of dreams we have long held on to and cherished. It will surprise not only us but those around us: and even some prayers that 5, 10 years ago left our lips, and we have forgotten-He desires us to know that He still holds them close to Him and we will see these answers. We are cherished in His eyes, as dear Children and He is asking me and you-“If you ask me a fish, do you think I will give you a snake? If you ask me for bread do you think I will serve a stone?”
And therefore, He would have me and you be bold and take that step forward. Is it a house that you and your family want to go for? A business? A ministry? A baby maybe that you have tried for and it has not yet happened? Or maybe you want to go to a foreign land and all the processes seem daunting? I don’t know-my examples are mostly drawn from the world around me but you know what it is you dream of and see your destiny is and what you may need to do. I am going to be bold and share one of mine-which is to publish in hard-print a book, maybe two. You know what yours is: but this is what the lord will do for you; coming from Amos9:13-14; He will supernaturally accelerate you to that place that He has called you to be.
For reference, here are the verses from the King James Version:
13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
[Amos 9: 13-14 KJV]
And I will add to this post the same song on the home page because it rings very true and bodes as necessary when a promise from the Lord comes.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHo70DeiMM&w=854&h=480]