Though we have shifted into a new year, new season, and even a new era, there are still many people who are picking up the pieces of their lives, and wondering if they will every see the puzzle of their life "put back together" or make sense. Others have experienced crushing disappointments, physical attacks, and deep betrayals. But God is doing a glorious and meaningful work as He releases hope, healing, and grace from Heaven in unprecedented ways. God spoke to me recently as I reread the familiar story of the prophet Elijah. There are keys of breakthrough found in his story that will be helpful to those who find themselves in a similar place of confusion and pain. In I Kings 18 we find Eli
God has been working deeply in hearts during this season. Things are being uprooted that will hinder our progress and ability to flow in the new thing that He is doing. Faulty foundations are being exposed, examined, and shored up where they are lacking. Some of the old structures that served and worked well in the former season are being dismantled and removed so that the new can begin to spring up. In all of this, God is releasing identity upgrades to the hungry and humble of heart. Many have been positioned to drink from the river of New Wine that God is pouring out now and in the coming days. It is important to position ourselves for encounters with God in this season as identity upgrade
This has been the season of the winepress. A winepress is defined by the Collins English Dictionary as, "A vat in which grapes are trodden, or a machine for pressing them, to extract the juice for making wine." A traditional thought under the Old Covenant was that the winepress represented God's judgment. But, the winepress is no longer a place of His judgment, but a place of purpose, hope, and redemption. You may have found yourself in a time of preparation, purifying, and intense squeezing. God is preparing His NEW WINE. The Spirit of God has been moving on every area of our hearts that does not align or represent His Kingdom well. Only the purest and best wine is being fashioned and prepa
