I was hanging out with the Lord in His word this morning and as I was reading, praying, leaning in the presence of God wrapped itself around me and tears came to my eyes as I sensed the reality of His presence ever so close. Yesterday, I told someone, I feel so alive. Everything in me is alive, all my relationships around me are alive, everything is just so alive. I told them I have not felt like this before, I am not sure how even to describe it, other than everything is alive.

This morning the same thought came to me, everything is so alive. It is not an emotional alive as though some financial breakthrough happened, some miracle manifested or some relationship was suddenly restored. It is not a situational alive sense, it is a deep seeded knowing everything is alive. Then I wrote the date in my journal and it is Tishri 5, 5785 on the Hebrew calendar and I hear the words 5785, the year of Five Alive.

When I was younger we used to drink a juice called Five Alive and the tag line was “Get A Taste For Life”. Friends, we are living in a year called Five Alive. This can have so many connotations or directions we could go with this, but one thing I know is that this sense of being alive is substantive, not emotional. I looked up what alive means in Hebrew and the words connected to the word alive are fresh, strong, community, relatives and sustenance. It is a Five Alive year!

Psalm 37:3-4 says, “Keep trusting in the Lord and do what is right in his eyes. Fix your heart on the promises of God, and you will dwell in the land, feasting on his faithfulness. Find your delight and true pleasure in Yahweh, and he will give you what you desire the most.” This is what it means to be alive. Strong not emotional alive. It is something you experience and it this is the year of Five Alive!!!