2018 is coming to a close and I am reflecting on what I learned from my word for the year “RELENTLESS “. When I first received this word I did not understand the direction it was going to take me. The pull to relentlessly pursue my true self took me on a journey of discovery that was unexpected. You see I thought the only way to true happiness and self fulfillment was somehow buried inside me, in a place that I had not tapped into or understood about what my true identity was. This could not be further from the truth.
So my pursuit began as I began to follow the hints God gave me as to where my focus should be.
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54:10)
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him. (Psalm 103:11)
There is no God like you in the skies above or on the earth below who … relentlessly loves (1 Kings 8:23 MSG)
The ongoing theme was the love God has for me. His love is RELENTLESS! His pursuit of us is RELENTLESS! The very thing I was looking for to validate my true identity was not going to be found by my RELENTLESS pursuit of anything, but from me grasping the understanding of the RELENTLESS love the Father has for me!
It is from the place of accepting this love that I can freely walk out the purpose God predestined for me from my inception.
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5
It is not by any power I possess that I can find who I truly am but by walking in the knowledge of God’s unfailing and RELENTLESS love. His love has the healing power to loosen the chains and allow me to live an abundant life full of hope and purpose. Walking my personal pathway and keeping my eyes focused on my father is the only way I will find true happiness and success. I am uniquely designed for a specific purpose that only I can fill. I cannot compare myself to those around me because there unique calling is not mine. Success is measured by my understanding of His love that leads to obedience to the voice of the one who sings over me.
With the ringing in of 2019 I have my word for this year. RENEW! This new year is rolling in with a lot of structural renewal in the works around me, but I believe the RENEWAL that is going to make the most impact on me this year is the RENEWAL of my mind to this new found concept of abiding in the Love of Christ. I will have a RENEWED perspective, A RENEWED frame of mind and a RENEWED definition of a successful life. I cannot wait to see where this years journey takes me!