Chapter 1: This New Season

HEY DEVOTED!

This is the first post of many in a blog that will record the new season that we are in. Why am I logging it online? Because sometimes there won't be Services and there won't be Prayer Meetings and there won't be Bloc'ed's but God still speaks to us. And I wanted a place to log what God is saying to us and people's experiences along the way. Feel free to reply to these posts and add your say to what God is doing at the moment...

I used to keep a blog, so try and stick with me until I find my feet again in all things 'blog'. But don't think for a second this is about me, coz it's not. This is about the God one and only, who is at work in my life and at work in Devoted's life even now.I refuse to let this season pass without coming out the other side changed and even more in love with the Saviour who desires us more than we can imagine. And that brings me to the subject of this blog.

THE SEASON OF FRESH PERSPECTIVE - Psalm 1:1-3

It all started at the prayer meeting on the last day of August 09. What was seemingly an average prayer meeting with an ounce of expectancy turned into a full-on encounter with God. Over the last month, there has been an emphasis in my life on what God wants to do with my relationship with Him. And I believe that is every bit as relevant for Devoted as it is for me. More importantly, in that prayer meeting, as we put aside our plans and our thoughts for this next season and surrendered it to Him, He was evidently ready to meet us where we were. It seemed like the words "I've been waiting for you, let's do it..." echoed through our hearts. We prayed for Him to take hold of our lives, our worlds and who we are so that He could work through us and so that we could see something new and something so undeniably miraculous to take place in us and the world we interact with.

So what is this 'season of fresh perspective'? Well, in it's simplest form it is Psalm 1:1-3.

  ¹ Blessed is the man

         Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

         Nor stands in the path of sinners,

         Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

 ² But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

         And in His law he meditates day and night.

 ³ He shall be like a tree

         Planted by the rivers of water,

         That brings forth its fruit in its season,

         Whose leaf also shall not wither;

         And whatever he does shall prosper. 

This is a season like no other. A season in which we will push away the things that are holding us back and "delight" in the things God has given us to do. And as it says in verse 3, we shall be like trees, planted by the rivers of water and which bring forth fruit in it's season.

I encourage you, young person, to get involved and plugged into this. With a 1 Timothy 4: 14-16 mentality, give yourself entirely to things that God has placed on your life and see what He will do as a result. 

I refuse to be left the same. If you trust God and take action on His word, then I believe you too will grow and develop further than you could ever imagine in this season.
Try it and find out.

Love you all so much.
Stephen :)