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Anybody Feel That?

This is yet another one of those rare blog posts from me. Actually, the truth is that I have started other posts, but never finished them for publication. This time is different, though. The Holy Spirit would not let me abandon this blog post. Not this time. 

At various points in the year, I have been noticing a shift. In the world. In the church. In myself. In the atmosphere. Anybody else feel it? It feels like the time is fast approaching when business as usual will no longer be enough. It feels like the same old way of operating will fail us. It feels like we need to step our game up, so to speak. In literally EVERYthing. EVERY aspect of our lives....but especially spiritually. 

I am woefully incapable of articulating what I feel in my spirit about the upcoming year, but I know that 2018 will be uncommon. I believe that God i getting ready to blow our minds in the upcoming year. And I don't necessarily mean with blessings.

But this time will also require an uncommon sacrifice from us. As Christians, we will have to move so far out of our comfort zones that it might cause us literal pain. Jeepers! I know I sound apocalyptic about the upcoming year. And to be clear, I am NOT claiming any sort of prophetic ability akin to predicting future events. If anything, I am being the sort of prophet that God called Jeremiah to be in Jer. 1:10. 

So...do you feel it? And if you do, we have to band together like brothers and sister in arms and collectively we must ascend to the next level. We cannot wait to be taken there. We must climb. We must pray harder and more intentionally than before. We must read AND study the Word of God with a teachable spirit, ready to learn what the Spirit of Truth will teach. We must forgive each other and be reconciled one to another. This is not the time for division. This is a time for unity in the body of Christ. The shift is happening.

Anybody e lse feel it?

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