GodSong DNA
Upgrade, Dream Again 2012
UPGRADE- [n. uhp-greyd]: an incline going up in the direction of motion, an increase or improvement, a new version, an increased or improved model, a movement up in one’s service, accommodations, privileges.
As we enter into 2012 I can only thank God for the heavenly anticipation I feel. I sense a great awakening in each of us to dream with God and to upgrade our identity, worship and impact that is already ours through Jesus. Every year is a container for victory and defeat, joy and sadness, reflection and response, but most of all God’s faithfulness. This is the substance of our faith and the ingredient of our hope, which is secure in Christ. My desire for each of you is that you will not look at this last year with regret or condemnation, for there is no lack or failure in God’s kingdom, only opportunity to see the God who loves you reveal the Christ who is in you, but that you will press forward with the knowledge that God has given you His own limitless resources and His “Yes and Amen” to boldly lay hold of the dreams and visions that He has placed in your spirit and to build upon the foundation that was 2011. This will impact your faith in greater ways than what you did or did not do.
You are rooted and grounded in the love of the indwelling Christ and that love is the catalyst and inner power and defies circumstance and defines your potential to exceed your wildest dreams and experience His superior plan which si seeded in you to give you a hope and a future. This is the year to tap into the reservoir of supernatural strength, provision and wisdom that allows you to grasp the enormity of God’s affection towards you, a love that is not measured by height, width, length or depth, because there is no limit to the limitless expression of Christ in you. I firmly believe that our deepest desires and largest dreams are eclipsed by His thoughts towards us and so this is the year to become intimately acquainted with the love of Christ…You! You have ideas, dreams, inventions, business, art, diagrams and strategies that have been diminished or deserted altogether because you have not discovered that they are the reflection of God’s heart, an expression of himself in you. In Him all that is in you is a mirror of His original intent for you. Let’s stop looking for all the reasons we cannot and instead let us look to the Christ in us, the hope of glory, in whom all things are possible. 2012 is a year that we will live powerfully from within, founded in grace, propelled by rest and intoxicated with his love. Every authority, government and principality in the heavenlies will be confronted by the truth that we are qualified by grace to declare and explore the treasure of Christ in every arena of our lives. God owns all the praise and worship that echoes from the church, but the reverberation of that sound must penetrate beyond the walls with passion, with zeal, and most importantly, with love. We have a mandate that is found in Isaiah 58. Our vision for the year is to destroy the works of the devil as we live according to God’s original blueprint, not the enemies reprint. We will set the oppressed free with authentic, creative and diverse love. We will break the bonds of injustice with outlandish generosity and incredible joy as we see dreams become reality. We will live in the finished work of the cross and exhibit the fruit of grace. Then our light will break forth, unstoppable, transformational light that shines His likeness as it is confirmed in Christ Jesus. We are God’s visible residence here on earth and He only brings the best to His house. Let these truths define you this year and I pray that as you step in faith with upward motion you will find the Christ in you, cheering and applauding…as you dream again.