What is God speaking about for 2018? As I pray and seek, there are several things that continue and return to the forefront of my mind. I used to pick one word as the defining "Word of the Year" but this year is different. Last year was the "Year of Restoration". That word was spot on because God has restored so much to my life and most importantly, the joy of my salvation.
This year, however, there are several different words.
- Suddenly! This will be a year of suddenly. Things long awaited will suddenly come to pass, and though we see them that way, they are things long awaited. This year will bring to pass many things long awaited because it is their appointed time.
- Exposure The definition of the exposure is "the revelation of an identity or fact, especially one that is concealed". This can be both good or bad, depending on what mask you are hiding behind.
- Expectation! What are you expecting? What we receive is dependent upon what we are expecting. I, for one, don't want my experiences with God capped by my own inability to come into agreement with what God is wanting to do.
- Shift! It's a year to shift thinking and come into unparalleled faith. Faith isn't something you try to have. Faith is something you express in the face of what is unseen. If you need proof before you can express faith, well, that is not faith at all. As I shift thinking and come into deeper faith I felt God saying I will receive what I partake of. If I partake in negative thinking I will eat of that fruit. But if I partake in thinking like Heaven, keeping my eye single and watching only Him and what He's doing, then I will eat of that fruit. I am full of hope and great expectation!
What are YOU believing for in 2018?
