The word for the year is “clarity”. I had a dream that Dave and I were asked what we wanted the most and we both in unison said, “to hear from God more clearly”. Immediately, God started speaking to me and it was my pastor’s voice. He was talking to me so clear and loud that I didn’t miss anything he said. I didn’t remember what he said so I know it went straight to my spirit but I heard him clearly.
I think that God is going to be speaking so clearly this year that there will be no question that it is him.
Last year was a huge transition for us as our son and his wife and their two kids moved in with us so Hannah could go to school and we could help out with the kids and finances. It has definitely had its challenges but we are still partly sane and happy. My sense of family has grown and so has my patience.
Sometimes growth happens gradually and sometimes it is thrust upon you.
Two Thousand and Eight means a “new beginning”. God is starting things over for us like he did when Noah came out of the ark to start the world over. It’s like we get a second chance on things we thought were dead and impossible to redeem. It is truly the time we are going to see dreams realized and birthed.
Read: Genesis 1:1-2:25; Matthew 1:1-2:12; Psalm 1:1-6; Proverbs 1:1-6
God works in sevens. His week is seven days and then he starts over. We are in 2008 which means we are starting over with a new beginning. One means beginning. God began his Word teaching us basics about himself. On the first day, God gave light a name which was “Day” and he gave darkness a name: “Night”. He separated the two on the first day showing that light and darkness were opposites. There is a kingdom of light and a kingdom of darkness.
On the second day God separated the waters with the sky and gathered the waters under the sky in one place and called it the seas. Waters stand for spirit so God was showing us that there is are good spirits, the ones that went up and evil spirits - the ones that went down.
On the third day God gathered the water into one place and exposed the dry land. He called the land: Earth. He told the land to produce vegetation which bore seeds. The seeds would produce fruit according to the kind of seed that the plant bore. He was teaching us that there is the natural and the spiritual. We live in the natural - the earth, but we also plant seeds and bare fruit according to the seed that has been placed in us.
On the fourth day, God put lights in the sky to separate the day from the night. These lights stand for the glory of God - the sun, the glory of the church - the moon, and the glory of the saints - the stars. This glory divides day and night like the Word divides soul and spirit.
On the fifth day, God created flying fowls, and swimming fish. He told them to be fruitful and multiply. The fowls represent man’s spirit and the fish represent his soul.
On the sixth day, God created the land creatures and man. Man was to be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth. They were to subdue it and have dominion over all the other moving creatures God created. Man was to eat the herbs and the fruit. Animals were only to eat herbs. God was showing man his authority and place in the world.
God rested on the seventh day to show us his plan for the world. Every day represents a thousand years so in the last millennium we will rest in Him.
God created Adam and placed him in Eden. Adam had to realize his need for a helpmeet so God had him name the animals so he would realize this. Adam was put to sleep so Eve could be born from his side just as Jesus had to die on the cross so the Bride could come from his side.
In Matthew we are given the lineage of Joseph, Mary’s husband and Jesus’ earthly father. In this lineage were four women mentioned: Tamar, Rahab, Bathsheba (the wife of Uriah), and Ruth. Everyone of them were married first to an unfruitful husband and then again to one where they bore fruit. Romans 7 talks about how we are married first to the law, and then to grace. Mary was the first woman of the New Testament and her seed was the righteous spirit of God. She was fruitful before she married her natural husband. We who are born again into grace are always fruitful.
Our beginning Psalm explains what a fruitful tree is like and our beginning Proverbs tells us why we are to read this book. Both show us that we read the Word to know wisdom, instruction and understanding so that we will bear good fruit in the earth.
Lord, may your Holy Spirit guide us and reveal your heart as we read through your Holy Word this year.
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