2017: Lean

If you read this post you'll know that 2016 ended on a bittersweet note for me.

On the one hand, I went out reminded of God's graciousness to me beyond anything I'd ever think to ask, yet on the other I was made aware of just how different my perception of God compared to His glorious reality.

God is nowhere near as distant, disinterested or disappointed as I walked around thinking He was.

Rather, he is more attentive, affectionate and apparent than I could ever dare dream.

I want this knowledge -- the knowledge of the true God and His true character -- to be more real to me this year than ever before.

I want to breathe in the true and living God every moment, allowing Him to break me and mould me into His likeness.

I want to seek Him with all my heart and find him everywhere because He is waiting to be found everywhere.

It is for this reason I believe God dropped a word for 2017 into my lap somewhere around December 30.

Lean. 

'Lean into Me. Lean into relationships. Lean into the life I've given you.'

Lean.

And so I'm leaning.

I'm beginning January by leaning hard into Him, setting the foundation for all the other leaning I hope will come this year.

I'm leaning and listening hard for His voice; praying that I will be able to hear it loud and clear above the constant roar of the world.

And as I lean, I pray that I'll grow more and more into the likeness of my creator.

May 2017 be the most sanctifying year yet.