Celebrate with Me
Beloved, from your perspective, this past year may be viewed as a bit of a “flop.” A year of failures, losses, and disappointments.
Yet if you were to view the year through my eyes, the year would look very different.
I recognize that there have been times of pain, discouragement, and surprise. Don’t, however, dismiss what has been built within you over these past days, weeks, and months. Old things have been pulled away and new things have been seeded.
Will you take a moment to celebrate this progress with Me?
Allow me to show you areas where you have flourished; the places where growth and maturity have increased; where character has been forged.
Such things are to be celebrated!
Will you take a moment with Me today to see your year through my eyes and celebrate what we have achieved together?
Activation: Take a moment to quiet yourself and be still with the Lord. Then, ask Him to show you a picture of yourself at the beginning of this year. What do you notice about yourself? Then, ask Him to show you a picture of yourself at the end of this year. What differences do you see? Ask the Lord what He is celebrating about you? What growth do you see? Take some time to journal and reflect upon what He shows you.
Psalm 118:27-28 (TPT)
For the Lord our God has brought us his glory-light. I offer him my life in joyous sacrifice. Tied tightly to your altar, I will bring you praise. For you are the God of my life and I lift you high, exalting you to the highest place.
Romans 5:1-5 (NIV)
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
