I want something else

For many, this may be in reference to the weather. So ready for the days of blah gray winter to be over. Others think of children at the dinner table not wanting what is served. Arms crossed. Pouting. And we are all familiar with a week of turkey meals after Thanksgiving.

Do you know that even God wants something else?

We have been set apart. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. (Jeremiah 1:5) That means to be something more than the average joe. To love more than what makes sense. To be kind, gentle, and generous beyond the accepted norm. To extend grace more than what most would consider enough. To be more than patient with disagreeable personalities. Our response to life should be noticeably different in a good way.

You are infused with all this at an almighty-God level. Higher, mightier, and stronger. Much more forgiving of human weaknesses. It’s in you to be so. And we are called to do so. But not in our own wisdom and strength. It’s all God. Backing us up.

Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah 4:6)

We have to want God’s “something else” too. And I think we do. I think we are tired of what we see on the news. We are ready for a shift towards more love and kindness. It’s exactly why we have been set apart. God is calling us to be something else. Something more.

Beloved, set apart child of the living, present, and empowering God… the God Who loves, is generous, extending grace and forgiveness… to you. Oh, what a healing, cleansing, freeing feeling! And we can give that feeling to others.

Where do you begin? It is within God’s power to take your hand and lead you to and through the higher ground; the higher ways of living and responding in His way.

So put out your hand…

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