God envisions greater phenomenons than we could fathom. Higher miracles. Deeper wonders. More breathtaking anomalies. More wonderful fascinations. The Spirit of God wants to take you farther into the deep ends of His love, where life increases in supernatural experience.

When you master a certain level, it’s time to move on. Level up. Upgrade. Discover more that God has to offer. God wants you to see more in your future.

Jesus knew the great destiny ahead of Him, even as a child. The gospels say that He lived with this mindset, which catapulted Him ahead and anchored His purpose.

“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Luke 2:52

Jesus reeled people in by His love, and He beckoned them to leave behind what held them back. Jesus does not allow anything to hold Him back. As followers of Jesus, we follow His leadings.

“Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:1-3

Abraham discovered his destiny because he listened to God and moved forward when it was time to move on to the next phase of his life. Your future is waiting for you, where God has molded beautiful plans for you.

God Himself is the potter. The craftsman. The artist. The illuminator.

“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.” 2 Corinthians 4:6-7

We are like jars of clay that God molds and shapes as He desires to. As a potter crafts one-of-a-kind artwork from scratch, God makes us into the vessels we are so that we can carry the light of Christ with us.

God is powerful enough to advance you and sustain you as He does so. His power is unlimited.

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head above all.” 1 Chronicles 29:11

God does not confine Himself to any one space but He allows His pure essence to dwell with us here by His Holy Spirit. God does not confine you either. God does not hold you back.

Move on from childish ways. Move on from immature thought patterns. Move on from static situations that do not lead you farther.

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18 

Spiritual maturity should cause you to grow in grace because you understand God on a deeper level and your own heart on a deeper level of awareness. God’s grace scintillates like the sun when you understand the magnitude of it. I want God’s grace to permeate my every action and thought.

Grace and mercy lead us into union with the God of Heaven. Union with Him changes us from the inside out.

You have outgrown the ways of legalism and judgmentalism. Level up and show grace.

You have outgrown the attitudes of hopelessness and negativity. Level up and hope again.

You have outgrown paralysis and unbelief. Level up and trust in God to take your next step with Him.

Jesus’ love grows in you a trillion ways, so that the former ways of life are in the past because God is always making things new. Like a sunset every evening, the colors metamorphosize into a fresh tapestry each time. It never repeats itself. You have a new painting every time.

God’s love propels us into the new.

Ascension is God’s goal for the heart breathed to life by cosmic breath.

“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.” Luke 5:37-38

New wine needs a new wine skin to preserve what God has made. A wineskin that has outgrown its use for new wine cannot hold it. You are the new wine that God is making beautiful over time, every moment, every day, every year. Let Him place you into the new places where your maturation fits with where God has led you.

“Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.” 1 Corinthians 14:20

Hope, love, eternity, Heaven, patience, joy, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, power, pureness, kindness, generosity, honor…

…these are all mature mindsets that lead to ascension.

“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” Ephesians 4:15

God speaks with a mature heart that revolves around the virtues of hoping in Heaven. Keep your heart and soul revolving around Him.

Just as Jesus found favor with God and man, you will also as you grow in the fruits of the Spirit.

“Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
    bind them around your neck;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
So you will find favor and good success
    in the sight of God and man.” Proverbs 3:3-4

God speaks throughout the universe with supernatural speed and supernatural strength making supernatural ways all over the expanse of His wondrous creation. Listen to His Spirit’s voice.

“The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” Psalm 92:12

God makes you grow.

God makes you pure.

God makes you spotless.

God makes you righteous.

God makes you perfect.

God’s own hands of affirmation on your life transform you into everything He wants you to be because He loves you and He invests everything into you.

“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:10

Keep learning more about the God who carries you from age to age, making you flawlessly captivating and perfectly loved. Stay close to Him, for He is your passionate King, your satisfying God.

© Natalie Edwards 2024