Happy New Year!!

Go Godly is focused on these words for the New Year!!

Resolve!! Unlike a resolution which do not bode well for most of us. We are digging in our heels with resolve. There is a list – well a few lists – of items in need of completion before we can move on to our next phase and get the Kingdom programmed and designed and live. There are many things that discourage and frustrate me. This is usually due to my looking at the enormity of problems and issues, rather than the enormity of God. So, this year I am approaching it with the understanding and firm foundation that nothing that I see as an impediment is a problem for God, and since this is His, I need to just keep my foot on the gas and forge ahead.

Achieve – There is much left to do and checking off completed items needs to be achieved. I did many books this year and there are more to come, but my primary focus needs to be moving curriculum basic outlines to detailed Q&A and activities for input into a gaming environment. This has been taxing for me, but again it is because I have looked at this through the lens of what I can and cannot do rather than through the lens of letting go and letting God. Mind you, this was an early issue in this journey that was hurdled with God’s instruction that the thing I needed to give up was control. Well, it is probably no surprise to other control freaks that I have on occasion tried to snatch that wheel back from God. To God’s credit, He has not let me crash and burn, nor has he snatched it back and rebuked me for my insolence. He is patient and knows me very well. I always realize as I’m cruising along without GPS and lost, that I need to turn on the GPS – Godly Piloting System and pull over and get in the backseat and let Him drive. I do like to drive though, ask my husband. I don’t let him drive either.

Excellence! – This entire journey with Go Godly has blown my mind constantly. The concept, the future goals beyond the Kingdom, the vision, and how profoundly well designed the entire plan is blows my mind. Clearly, those who know me, know from the business plan that God is at the center of this and I did not do this alone. In fact, it is laughable to those that know me well, that I have done so much of this and done things that are far beyond my normal wheelhouse of skill and knowledge. Naturally, in all God does there is excellence and perfection. Yet, He chose me for this endeavor and I’m not perfect and sometimes I get in the “it’s fine – it’s good enough” mentality. Later, when I’m reviewing things I realize it isn’t fine and I now have to fix it. This year, I want to focus on laying things at the feet of Jesus rather literally. I want to take a finished work product and lay it before Him prayerfully and see what He thinks before I check it off my list. I know my limitations, so does He, but this isn’t about me, but about God and excellence matters. I need to remember that. Not to say, I don’t work toward that goal normally, but my human frustration in some areas does create normal behavior. I set things aside without completing them. I finish them to get them done because it’s hurting my head and I need it to be finished. I forget to stop and ask God why? Why is it hard, is it because I’m off course or because I need to give a listen for direction? Why does my head hurt? Do I need to pray, eat, drink water, rest?

Completion! – This is the year things need to be completed. The past 2 years, God has had me working on getting my house in order. While this is ongoing, it also became all consuming which was probably not God’s plan, but in my attempt to do what God asked, I derailed one thing to try to accomplish another and then tried to balance and ultimately neither is completed. So, reset has begun and completing all the Go Godly phase 1 items is priority!!

One last item, not on this list is FOCUS ON GOD!! Now, one might think this is a given, but as you probably all know when it comes to life, nothing is a given and every plan you make when it comes to God will try to be undone by the many things that try to keep us from God. I don’t put up with that nonsense generally and am big on rebuking in the name of Jesus when spiritual attacks are going on. I also don’t give that evil one attention or credit for things. Most things that keep me from God can be directly blamed on me and my own choices and or stupidity. I generally have been good at asking God daily what He wanted me to do, but slid away from it into my doing what I thought He wanted me to do which as one can imagine was a poor approach to the whole matter. So, back to day one mentality and DAILY asking God’s direction, blessing and protection over the work. Not only that but checking in as I go to make sure this is the right way to do it or approach it. I’ll share in my next blog a bit about why this matters, but this year is new and fresh and with God all things are possible.

May your New year bring you prosperity, robust health and much laughter & joy!! God bless you all. Thank you for prayer, donations, and continued support!! We are very grateful to you all!!