Thoughts...

God is requiring us to be properly aligned in this season.  There is a shifting that is taking place, a repositioning with new assignments.  Many will advance with new skills and anointings in this season.  If we refuse to let go of activities and relationships that belong to a past season, it will kill the life of God in us. There is a bridge that is forming to the next season, but you can't carry all of the things from the past season across this bridge.  

Let God identify those areas that are in the process of dying.  Don't try to hang onto something because you are comfortable with it.  God is not after your comfort;  He is after your completion.  This is the season to break off from all regrets and fears, and press forward into the new thing.  The old formula, format, or system will not work in the new season.  It will yield inferior results.  Allow God to change your mindsets about the areas where He wants to breathe new freshness and life. 

Structures that exist that were hindrances to us will now be stepping stools to help us advance to the next level.  The things that tripped us up in the past will be the very things that elevate us in the next season.  Look for areas that have been frustrating to you, and realize that out of those situations God is able to shape and form you in such a way that the giant in the land no longer has dominion over you.  You stand in a place of authority over it, and you move past it with great force.

We will advance into new territory rapidly.  This quick advance will take the enemy by surprise, and we will have a season of great effectiveness.  Opposition will follow, but we will have been strengthened with might in the inner man as we press in closer to the Lord.  We will be able to resist the strategies of the evil one, for even as the battle rages and pressure is applied, we will be squeezed and propelled into that new level that God has prepared for us.

Opportunity does NOT equal alignment.  Just because you are offered a ministry opportunity or another type of opportunity does not mean that it is the will of God for you. God commands us not to be unequally yoked.  This also applies to seasonal alignment.  As God shifts our activities and ministries from season-to-season, He requires us to sever the former yoke or tie that we have had to a particular thing, and become joined to the next thing He has for us.  If we refuse to break off from activities or relationships that He says we are done with, we are allowing ourselves to be illegitimately yoked.  

Beware of the false that appears real.  Some opportunities seem to be of God, but may have a soulish element.  There might be some "good" things, but they are not the right things to put your hand to right now.  The wrong things steal time, energy, and vision, and can eventually rob you of your destiny.  The right things create energy, and this energy multiplies your effectiveness, sharpens your focus, and leads you into your destiny. 

Allow God to give you a fresh perspective and a new sense of purpose this year.

- Heidi Moeder-