Hey everyone! 

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.

We are in a season of the year where God likes to pivot, change directions, and reposition things—including people. If you are experiencing a shift or feeling a nudge that God wants you to make a shift, this feeling is probably from him. These shifts take place because God always wants to have people functioning in their highest capabilities. He will often shift things to bring out the best in us... but he will always give us a choice as to whether we will reposition or not.

All along God’s path, there are forks in the road where we will be given the choice as to which direction we will go. This time of the year is a pivotal decision-making time. As decisions are made, follow a sense of peace on the inside.

One of the biggest keys to shifts and repositioning is free will. A few years ago, I was on a field trip with my daughter to a historic plantation home, and one of the kids asked what happened to the slaves when they were freed. The tour guide said that the slaves were given a choice: They could stay with their masters and get paid, or they could leave and be free. Then the tour guide talked about one slave who was the nanny for all the children of the house. She decided to stay and help with the children, and she ended up being considered part of the family and was even buried in the cemetery with the family.

The lesson here is that whenever we lead people through change, we must always give them free will, just like God gives us. We must always give them a choice. In leadership positions there will be opportunities to lead people through change and into new things, and we must always give them the free will to buy into the change or to go free on their own.

If we let them go free, our actions must come from a heart of wanting to help them find a situation that is better than they are currently in and wanting to set them up to be great. If they choose to stay with us through the change, then they will probably be with us for life. They will be considered family.

Here is our filter for this week... Freedom

I am praying for you. 

Daniel