A New Thing

Okay.. my break is officially over and it feels great to be back! :P went for gatekeepers today and i just enjoyed myself in the presence of God and there was a bearing of witness and a sense of affirmation at what God is doing in our midst!

Today i shared some of the things which i felt God was impressing upon me and also some of the stuff that i've been learning through my break... One of the things was God's desire to renew our mind.. God was just showing me a while back that its not just about a renewal or cleansing of our thoughts but God also wants to change the way we think, the way we see things... Its not just about a change in content that our minds are filled with.. it's about a change in the way we process them, a change in the way we see things- our worlview, our perspectives, our paradigm.. it's about seeing things from His perspective and thinking as He does...

He was showing me that when the way we think and see things start to change, then we start to change, the things around us start to change in a sense that we begin to relate to them differently.. even as the change takes place inside of us, to us, we will see things differently, as if everything else is different... that's what it means to have the mind of Christ...

He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." Rev 21:5

That verse has been impressed upon me this week and i believe that it's gonna be a key verse for the year ahead.. that God is gonna make everything new.. and He's starting by renewing our minds and having them conformed to the mind of Christ so that when we get His perspective, we see everything differently, we relate to everything differerently and the chage starts from there... everything else is different.. God was showing me that its gonna come out of our confession.. we can confess and make that "new" thing a reality and our confession, mixed with faith, is gonna release His power to change the surroundings...

God is really doing something in our midst... Today, i sensed that He was
1) releasing a strngthening
2) restoring vision
3) enlarging hearts so that we have a greater capacity to receive that vision...

One of the other things i shared today is how God taught me recently that many times, we're too focused on our goals that we forget to stop, breathe and take a look at our surroundings and appreciate the journey that we take to get there.. again it's a matter of perspective.. Many times, we become disappointed cos we all want to see the goal of revival meeted out.. we want to see ourselves and our youth passionate for God.. and we have a tendency to measure ourselves in absolutes.. that means that when we don't see that goal materialize, we get disappointed, etc... But let's understand that our journey is our walk and God is with us along the way.. and the journey is part of it.. we experience Him cos He's beside us and He's going through them with us and He's gonna use the journey to build precious things in our lives... So let's allow Him to broaden our perspectives and take in the journey that God brings us through and let's take up our crosses.. One the way to our goal, we'll encounter Him too! :)

God bless! :D