I am not one who gets a word for the year, but since 5785, the new Hebrew year began, the Lord has been speaking one word to me. This word has been coming up in things I say, things I see, things I hear God is doing. When it is repetitive I pause and take notice, so today I was praying Psalm 47 and it showed up again, I am now convinced, this is the word for this year for me and I am wondering if it is going to be for us as the body of Christ. The word is BEYOND!

Psalm 47:2 (TPT) says, “The Lord God Most High is astonishing, awesome beyond words! He’s the formidable and powerful King over all the earth.”

Dictionary dot com says, “Beyond means to a degree that is past the understanding.”

I sense we have entered into a BEYOND season in the presence of God. When you live with not enough or even barely getting by in relationships, finances, opportunities, health issues, or whatever it may be, the idea of beyond can seem far fetched. Yet I sense we have entered into a BEYOND season. BEYOND is not about us being able to figure it out or make it happen, BEYOND is something God does and we see it happen, hear of it happening, experience it and our response is, that was BEYOND.

BEYOND what? BEYOND expectations; BEYOND explanation; BEYOND understanding; it is just BEYOND. When we reflect back on 5785, the year of the open window, we are going to find ourselves saying, God went BEYOND. We have heard it said so many times, but I believe time has caught up with this word and now we are going to see and hear Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”