Change-Year

We've been hearing the word thrown about as a slogan - "Change."
It's been promised.
And, for many, not fulfilled.
I think sometimes I give up on change.

Yet, even if we don't notice, change constantly occurs around us.
The sun rises, and then sets.  
Leaves fall and grow.  
Babies become toddlers; toddlers to teens.  
Our day shifts - with a word, a choice.
We are changing, our lives are changing because our God is moving.  Always.  

For some reason, however, I keep getting the feeling that this year is a year of change.  Of course, every year is - we get older, we move or we grow, or we shrink...something always changes.  Yet, there's to be a special change this year. What?  You may ask.  I'm not sure.  I just believe, like the Israelites waiting for freedom and Joseph waiting for uplifting, that the status quo of our lives and the things we've been waiting on or praying over will find answers.  At the end of this year, I believe we will see a change in stagnant and captive areas.
If...
     we...
          seek....
GOD'S FACE.

That's where I feel His tug on my heart.  I like control.  I like to figure it all out and find solutions...myself.  But, I know I can't do that this year.  I know if I finally want to see fruition in the things I'm waiting for, and change sweep over my current circumstances, I have to come to His presence.  THEN, I have to GO - go with His presence.  I can't simply rest in one spot, but I know it's time to move with His movement and help bring about change.

For every person longing for a change, I do believe this is the year.  I believe God wants us to find His face and then move with Him, so He can not only move in our lives, but move US.