The older I get the more I reflect on the past, not to relive it, but to learn from it. I reflect on things I have seen, heard, done and had done to me. It is not a dwelling in the past, it is a reflecting on the past for the gaining of wisdom from my mistakes and the mistakes of others.

Being a lifelong learner means being able to look at life in all its complexities and diversities and realizing everyone stumbles, some fall, others deny and still some learn and grow from it all. So many things to see, hear and reflect on, it is not a burden but a blessing, for the days ahead will not be like anything we have gone through in the past.

Outpourings, revivals, healings, tents, buildings, stadiums, pulpits, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists and apostles. We have seen churches in homes, offices, buildings, on street corners, in small groups, large groups, cathedrals and sports arenas. So much to reflect on, rejoice over and learn from. All because we are standing in the threshold between what has been and what is upon us.

Shofars sounding in Israel, announcing a new day; shakings around the world, announcing follow the way; tectonic plates moving spiritually and physically, as the earth groans for us to arise as sons and daughters; and numbers 5786 declaring strike the ground, stake your claim, drive the tent peg, and connect heaven to earth.

So much to see, to hear, to say, but through it all the Lord cuts with His voice like a sharp sword and says, “I Am God and there is none like Me.” When Isaiah saw the Lord, he fell to the ground; when Jacob saw the Lord in Genesis 35, “Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.” In all of this we must return to the Lord! Remain as one with the Lord! And not lose sight of the Lord! Just a reminder, in the midst of it all, He is the Lord! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org