Looking forward to 2012.

I almost feel obligated to say something profound about 2012, but why? There are enough people talking about it already. Next….

The California trip was an interesting success. Always interesting to combine the geeky with the prophetic. Probably can’t say too much about the trip, but I could tell I was walking in a bubble of grace and I was startled by the clarity of vision in the area. Let me summarize it by saying that I expect a grassroots movement of the Kingdom in SoCal. I’m used to God doing stuff there, but grassroots? That’s kind of new.

I’m much more focused locally right now. And by “locally,” I mean my bride, my kids, the folks around me. Relationships are king right now, and while I’m seeing that personally, I believe that relationship (more than program, membership, etc.) is a big deal to God right now too. In that context, we’ve encountered some remarkable battles recently. It’s not surprising that Jesus showed up and showed out each time, nor that the demons don’t like eviction notices. I’ve appreciated covering prayer, for myself, my family, and the folks alongside.

I have observed that a whole lot of folks in this movement (“prophetic movement”? “Kingdom”? “apostolic age”?) have been hit with a couple of trials recently. I’ve watched a very large number of leaders facing an unusually strong issue of discouragement in the past two or three weeks, and I’ve felt that myself. I’ve observed a goodly number of confident leaders wrestling with their confidence and their mission, and I suspect this is connected to the movement from membership to relationship.

You know, God is pretty cool. He manages to be an omnipotent, omniscient creator, and still be passionate, involved Daddy at the same time. I think I like it that way.