Shifting into a new era
I am not one to air what God has been speaking to me in those quiet places, but from since yesterday, I kept feeling that it was necessary to write to encourage others and let them know they are not alone in this particular part of the journey.
From since the beginning of the year, we have been sensing that we were entering a major shift/change. It didn’t feel like it was a shifting into a new season as we knew before. It more felt like we were entering a new era. The shift/transition felt so major that it wasn’t just being experienced spiritually, but tangibly as well. From February 1st we started seeing everything and anything that was stable, the norm, our comfort zones being shaken up in a way that just didn’t make sense. I started saying to God over and over again, “I don’t understand! What are we missing? What aren’t we seeing? Give us the eyes to see and the ears to hear!” Although, I was saying this over and over again, it didn’t seem to change anything. We couldn’t stop anything from happening and we couldn’t make anything happen. Yet, there was a tremendous amount of peace that I had never experienced before. Yes, this shift/transition was uncomfortable and yes, it was pushing me out of my comfort zone, but yet there was peace. I couldn’t understand it. Ordinarily, if I saw crazy things happening back to back, I would panic. Two years ago, I remember panicking over milder things. How could I be experiencing peace??!!
Through this, I kept saying to God, “Please help me to stay focused on you. If I lose focus for just a minute and put it on my circumstances, I will surely panic.” All of a sudden, this picture (because I don’t really know how else to describe it) started to unfold. For years, there have been things that have been prophesied over me. God has given me tons of dreams and visions (yes, I dream and see a lot). God has had me in a place where I needed to walk in total obedience to Him where the desires of my heart lined up with His. With that said, He showed me that this era that some of us are entering into is one of ‘desires of our hearts being fulfilled; dreams and prophetic words being fulfilled’. But, and there is a big BUT…it requires truly letting go of all of the old; it requires stepping out of your comfort zone; it requires doing the hard stuff; of not just speaking faith and walking faith, but being faith…existing in faith. It might require you to go back to school, relocate, do the hard stuff in order to break the old mold. In order for you to get to the other side, where you know it will be more than you can ask for or imagine, it requires you to be flexible, have a new mindset and to not be afraid to do the new things. They only appear difficult at first because they are new. I am not telling you something that I am not walking myself…I am just letting you know what an amazing era you are walking into and what is required of you to see those manifestations that you have been waiting on. This is such a major transition, if you allow God to do His thing, you will not recognize your life when it is all said and done (in a good way). In all of it, hold onto God with everything that is in you!! I know I am!!
