ORD FOR 2026!
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WORD FOR 2026!
By tradition, I ask God every year for a word for the new year—so also for 2026. I have already received several messages from people who have probably picked up on this, asking me what the word I received for this year is. It’s really fun that you’re asking!
Some years I’ve forgotten to ask, and one year I didn’t receive it until the very last day of the year, December 31. But usually it comes sometime in December before the new year starts, or right at the beginning of it. For 2026 it came quickly, one day in mid-December toward the end of my first period in Taiwan, and it appeared as usual out of “nothing” and, as usual, in English.
LISTEN
It sank quite quickly deep into my heart as a very profound word. Not just to hear, but to truly, truly LISTEN. I set it aside, but it kept coming back several times until I was quite sure this was the word for me for 2026. I intuitively understood that it was about really listening to Jesus, and that it is a continuation of something I started around April–May 2025. At that time I felt prompted to sit in silence and simply be with Him and listen to Him for one hour a day. Since I didn’t have a job (which is a long story in itself) and only had 50% studies, I began sitting from 11 to 12 every day. The point was not to pray, not to worship, not to give thanks, not to read the Bible, and certainly not to tell Him about all my problems—just quite simply to sit there and receive.
Words are not enough to describe what this has led to, and how deeply Jesus has met me during these hours, day and evening (I changed the time eventually), where I have been sitting with Him. And within me a strong longing has grown to know Him better, and for it not to be only about me, or all those I pray for or feel concern for.
When I realized that the word for 2026 was to go even deeper into this, I became happy and full of expectation. What exciting things will He show me in the coming months?! What adventures will we go on? What will He reveal about Himself?
At the same time, I think it may also be about other things. People I am to listen to. Topics I am to immerse myself in. Situations I am to seek to understand. All through speaking less, and simply LISTENING.
Happy 2026, everyone!
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