Happy New Month!
About 2 or 3 birthdays ago I was feeling restless, and I was praying for something different. I wasn’t sure what I meant by it, but my life felt routine and predictable: I was doing the same things, complaining about the same things, frustrated by the same things. I know that when I feel that deep discomfort it’s time to move from where I am, although I didn’t know in what way.
As I entered the new month, it occurred to me that that sentiment of complaining about the same things never stopped. I mean, on one end it’s good to recognize the things around me that need to change. There are things that require certain doors to open before I can experience that change, but I’m asking myself if how I think has changed. Of course, I think I’ve elevated to some degree in how I think about life, but as the new month has begun, it occurred to me ask: what is going to be different? I want to adopt a different perspective.
I was listening to a song that is essentially challenging [the listener] to come up higher in one’s perspective. And it triggered this memory of that restlessness.
I know that I want to do a lot of things, but I realize that a change in perspective is what will transform everything. I enter a new month telling myself of what I want to achieve in that month, making the lists, making plans. But I don’t think I ever considered what mindset will lead me to achieving that goal. If courage, boldness is what I need, then what will that look like day to day? If I’m believing God for strength, for new ideas, how will I spend my day, how do I activate his word so my actions reflect my belief?
I am challenging myself to allow my perspective to be compelled by vision, and not by circumstances or by trouble, or desperation. To take on what God is calling me to, rather than considering what is convenient. To challenge myself to see from God’s perspective, rather than the perspective of anxiety, stress, fear, unbelief.
I pose this challenge to you too, because if life is routine, and mundane for you, and there’s a sense of “is this really it?” I encourage you to seek God’s face. Even if you don’t know specifically what you want to change, present your request for change, for more, for something different. Count the cost of what you are willing to surrender for that new perspective and to step onto that height.
The bible says to count the cost of what is required before you start building a thing. If you want a change, consider your materials, consider what you have, and what you need, and what price you’re willing to pay for it.
We’ve entered the sixth month of the year. When this month ends, we’ll have 6 months left of 2025. And just like that, we’ll wrap up everything December 31st. But before that day arrives, initiate change this month. Initiate change in yourself this month, for something that is vastly different from previous months, previous years. A change in perspective that turns the head of God and causes Him to send you all the help of heaven because you’ve decided to come up where He is.
We’re all reaching for Jesus for something, but we must be like the woman with the issue of blood that causes him to stop and pay attention to us. We must draw something from him to the extent that it makes him look up from his seat of glory, and say “Who touched me? Power has gone out of me” (Luke 8:45-46).
It’s not that he isn’t paying attention or doesn’t know. It’s about changing how you’ve interacted with your current situation; it’s about boldly going to the throne of grace and reasoning together with God, to gain a perspective that changes your life.
I’m certainly ready for a change.
