Move

My word for 2009 is "Move". It will be fascinating to watch that one unfold. I've been researching it and I'm really excited. This word is so multi-faceted. I don't think it means I'm going to physically move as to a new house or city or state. I do think it means I'm going to move my body more. I hope so. That would be a good thing. But it means so much more than the physical sense. It's really a rather deep word.

I always like to see what scripture has to say about my word each year. Besides all the moving around that was done here's what I found:

Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

John 11:33
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

Acts 17:28
'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Then I went to a Greek translator online (since most of these verses were New Testament ones and I figured they were originally Greek) and entered "move". I came up with this:

1 συγκινώ . Δείτε επίσης: affect - carry - grab - move - touch
2 συγκινώ κάποιον μέχρι δακρύων move sb. to tears. Δείτε επίσης: move
3 συγκινώ την ψυχή τού.. stir the soul of... Δείτε επίσης: stir

affect-carry-grab-move-touch
move to tears
stir the soul of

Excellent! There is so much to look forward to. I want to be moved, stirred, grabbed, affected, touched, carried. And I want to be used to touch, stir, grab, affect and carry. This year the Palm House ministry should be launched in earnest. This is going to be a huge move for me. I pray it will be a huge move of God. I'm extremely excited about 2009!

As I typed all this I realized how much I have changed. In the past anything that remotely resembled change would throw me into a sheer panic. I wanted no part of it. But today, I realize change and movement is good. It is exciting. That is huge. Isn't God so very good?? I love Him so much sometimes I think I'll burst.

Happy New Year everybody!