The year 2024 is going to be a year of Divine Alignment. You might have felt the reduction, He has been reducing, pressing, squeezing, and shaping you in His hands—“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come” (2 Cor. 5:17).
Some of you have never met God as the potter who molds and shapes and takes the areas of your life that are hard and full of sin and works them into a new form that is something that is beyond your imagination. Or, He takes the best areas of you and adds shape that He can pour through you His grace of prosperity, blessing, and even transformation for nations.
The Potter is shaping some people in our generation who are so rare, and their form is so suited for every problem that arises in culture, but it looks the opposite to those who aren’t potters, those who are used to what was formed before, those who want to be like vessels in the past.
The path has been narrow and challenging, it’s like walking a tightrope to be obedient to God in this season. So much that is happening around us is confusing and so to listen takes so much extra effort. To be led by God is so much more of a focus. But this is a time like Matthew 7:13-14 where we have had to take a narrow road and not be on the wide gate that leads to destruction, anxiety, confusion, financial ruin.
There is a purpose in the pressure!
There is an alignment in the affliction!
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Can you imagine how going through the pains and sufferings that the whole world is experiencing without Jesus right now? He is such a guiding light and comfort. I don’t have good news about 2024. Externally, it’s going to be one of the hardest years in modern history with natural disasters amping up, political turmoil coming to a head before the elections, corruption being exposed with people that culture has loved, and a demonic confusion assaulting truth everywhere, but for those who are walking with Jesus, our light is rising upon us like it says in Isaiah.
I had a dream where the bride was like Peter trying to walk on the water and was about to fall in, but then saw Jesus and she was able to walk although it was a tightrope, where she looked like she was teetering because of the winds of adversity and the uncertainty. But she was holding on to her gaze, locked on with Jesus walking in ways through what is happening on Earth that were supernatural.
“My promise is sure: “Blessed are those who persevere under trial, because when they have stood the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him” (James 1:12).
The trials are shaping you for the future that God has ordained. The open door is in front of you and behind it is the destiny filled with His promises and His blessing.
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end’; they are new every morning, great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23).
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Shawn Bolzis a TV and podcast host, an author, producer and a Christian minister. He has been leading conversations in the church, entertainment industry, and in social justice that have helped believers connect their faith to culture in a transformative way. Shawn’s deeply connected yet humorous style of speaking, media hosting & coaching through his unique expert perspective has brought him around the world to meet with churches, CEO’s, entertainers, and world leaders. (=To find out more, listen to my full podcast on The Shawn Bolz Show with Shawn Bolz: https://sites.libsyn.com/412208.
