The good news today is this: The Lord God has a plan and you are part of that plan. This is bigger than the orange man or the politics of the land, it is focused on the Lord God, His Word, His Kingdom and His children (you and me). What is the plan? Well the general outline of it can be found throughout our Bibles, particularly in the book of Revelation. What we are looking at today is some detail within the general outline.
Around 2020, as is this servants custom at the end of the year the Lord was asked what is His counsel for the upcoming year? The answer was to focus on growing our talents, skills and abilities. Things have been added here and there but that overall theme has remained into 2024. Details have been added to that like reframing that idea to "developing into the best version of ourselves." The idea remains the same. One might ask though, to what end are we doing this? Here it is:
Php 3
Straining Toward the Goal
12Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
17Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Its all right there ^^^. We are at a point today where we are to press into our upward call of God in Christ here on earth which will culminate in verse 21 there ^^^. We are being setup for success by the Spirit of the Lord. Just realize that where we are on the timeline is much larger than the politics of today. If one looks closely they can see the alignment of all things with the Word. The Church of God is aligning with each other and the Lord God (the sign of the cross-horizontal and vertical integration and alignment built into one symbol.) Additionally we believers are being led out onto the runway from the taxiway if we can use an aircraft/airport metaphor. We are currently on the runway and picking up speed to at some point reach liftoff/takeoff speed V1.
While we are moving down the runway, picking up speed we are to be doing increasing amounts of good on this earth. We want to "finish strong." When we leave this earth we are doing so at the top of our game.
All of this ^^ is the vision the Lord God has impressed on the nobody who writes to you today. All of it fits hand in glove with everything that has been written already in the Word of God. Thankfully sometimes the Lord God fills in some of the detail within the general outline which is what we see written above.
The Lord God is very good. He has set us up for success. This process could take years or days-who knows? If we are living for Him every day, it doesnt really matter...
Keep the faith. Glory to God
grace and peace
