2026 can be your new season

Something is shifting—and I’m not saying that as a catchy phrase. I’m saying it because I can feel it in my spirit, the way you can feel a storm coming before the clouds even roll in. The air changes. The atmosphere shifts. The sound of your prayers starts carrying a different kind of weight. You’re still living in the same world, still waking up to the same calendar, still walking through the same responsibilities—but deep down, you know you’re not standing in the same place spiritually. The Lord has been moving quietly, and now your heart is beginning to recognize the movement.

Because this is how God often works: he doesn’t announce a turnaround with fireworks. He starts it with alignment. He starts it with unseen preparation. He starts it while your life still looks the same on the outside. And that’s why so many people miss the beginning of a new season—because they’re waiting for something loud, and God is working in something subtle. But the Spirit has a way of alerting you before the breakthrough arrives. He gives you signs in your spirit before he gives you evidence in your hands. And if you’re paying attention, you’ll realize: these are not random emotions. These are not passing moods. These are heaven’s signals that you are stepping into a new season.

I’m going to say it plainly: I believe 2026 will be a year where you flow in these realities. Not because a number on a calendar has power, but because God appoints times and seasons. “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). There are years where you plow and you wonder if anything is happening. There are years where you water and you don’t see growth. And then there are years where the Lord lets you step into what has been forming underneath the surface. There are years where the hidden becomes visible—not for your ego, but for your fruitfulness. Not for your reputation, but for your assignment. Not to make you impressive, but to make you effective.

And that’s why I want to talk about what happens when God finally says “Now.”

Because God has a “Now.” Heaven has an appointed moment. There’s a time when the Lord looks at what has been delayed, what has been held back, what has been incubated in the unseen, and he speaks a word that shifts the pace. It’s not frantic. It’s not rushed. It’s not panic. It’s release. It’s like a lock turning after years of resistance. It’s like a door opening that you stopped trying to force. It’s like breath coming back into a place in you that has been tired from waiting. When God finally says “Now,” you discover that he was never ignoring you—he was preparing you. And you discover that what you called delay was often protection. What you called silence was often precision. What you called being stuck was often God building foundations deep enough to carry what is coming.

I know what it feels like to live between what God spoke and what you can see. I know what it feels like to hold a promise in your spirit while your circumstances argue with you daily. I know what it feels like to worship with faith and then go home and face the same unanswered questions. It’s that place where you have to decide whether God’s Word is more real than your timeline. And in that place, the enemy always tries to whisper the same poison: “Maybe you missed it. Maybe it wasn’t God. Maybe you’re forgotten.”

But I refuse that lie. And I want you to refuse it too.

Because waiting with God is not the same as being forgotten by God.

The Word says, “For the vision is yet for an appointed time… though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come” (Habakkuk 2:3). That means God is not improvising with your life. He is not guessing. He is not reacting to your circumstances as if he didn’t anticipate them. He has an appointed time, and even when you can’t see the clock in the spirit, heaven is still keeping time. And when the Lord moves, he moves with intention. He moves with accuracy. He moves with divine order.

Sometimes you pray for years and God does in days what you could not organize in decades. That’s not luck. That’s not coincidence. That’s not just “things finally working out.” That’s preparation meeting appointment. That’s heaven deciding the time has come.

Look at Joseph. He received a dream as a teenager—favor, influence, purpose. But the path didn’t go straight to the palace. It went through betrayal. It went through the pit. It went through servanthood. It went through false accusation. It went through prison. It went through being forgotten. And if you looked at his story with natural eyes, you might call it delay. You might call it injustice. You might call it confusion. But God was writing something deeper. God was shaping a man who would not become arrogant in authority, who would not become bitter in power, who would not collapse under pressure. And then suddenly—one day—Joseph is called before Pharaoh. One interpretation. One moment. And the same man who was hidden becomes the man everybody needs (Genesis 41). In a day, God compresses time. In a day, God redeems years. In a day, the promise moves from the spirit realm into the visible world.

And that’s why I want you to hear me: the slow years are not wasted. The quiet years are not empty. The hidden years are not meaningless. The Word says, “Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing” (James 1:4). God is not just preparing what you will receive—he’s preparing who you must become to carry it. There are blessings that would destroy you if they arrived too early. There are open doors that would crush your character if you stepped through them with an unhealed heart. There are assignments that require maturity, not just gifting. So when God delays, it’s not always because he is withholding. Sometimes he is strengthening. Sometimes he is refining. Sometimes he is stabilizing. Sometimes he is protecting both the promise and the person.

Now here’s the part that matters: when you are entering your new season, you start noticing signs—spiritual signals—that the pace is changing.

The first sign is often internal before it is external. Something shifts inside you before anything shifts around you. You can’t always explain it, but you can feel it. The same circumstances remain, but your heart is responding differently. The same uncertainty is there, but fear is losing its grip. The same waiting continues, but anxiety is not ruling the atmosphere anymore. That’s not you becoming careless. That’s not you becoming numb. That is the Spirit of God aligning you for movement. Because when God is about to accelerate your life, he often gives you peace first.

I’ve learned to respect that peace. I’ve learned that peace is not just comfort—it is confirmation.

Scripture says, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3). Perfect peace doesn’t always mean perfect circumstances. It means God is guarding your inner world while he is preparing your outer world to shift. It’s like the Lord steadies your heart so you can recognize his hand when the doors begin to open. Because if you step into acceleration with anxiety, you will sabotage the season you prayed for. But if you step into acceleration with peace, you will move with clarity.

And I believe in 2026 you will flow from peace, not from pressure. You’ll make decisions from the stillness of the Spirit, not from the panic of fear. You’ll stop feeling like you have to force outcomes. You’ll stop living like everything depends on your speed. You’ll start living like everything depends on his leading. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD” (Psalm 37:23). Ordered steps don’t need frantic striving. They need obedience and sensitivity.

Another sign you’re entering your new season is that heaven starts repeating itself around you. You hear the same theme in multiple places. You encounter the same verse in different contexts. You hear the same phrase from unexpected people. It’s like God is highlighting something in your spirit and saying, “Pay attention. I am confirming direction.”

Some people call it coincidence. I call it the kindness of God.

Because God knows that when your season shifts, you’ll need confidence. You’ll need clarity. You’ll need spiritual stability. So he confirms. He repeats. He establishes. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established” (2 Corinthians 13:1). When God is about to move you, he often anchors you. When he is about to accelerate you, he often confirms you. When he is about to open doors, he often strengthens your faith so you don’t second-guess the moment you’ve been praying for.

And in 2026, I believe you will become sharper in discernment. You’ll notice patterns faster. You’ll recognize the Lord’s voice sooner. You’ll stop dismissing the whisper. You’ll start catching the instruction before you need a crisis to get your attention. That is a sign you are entering your new season: God is training your spiritual senses for your next chapter.

Then another sign appears, and it often surprises people: God begins closing doors—but gently.

Not with chaos. Not with screaming. Not with unnecessary conflict. Just with quiet redirection. A door you used to push suddenly feels heavy. A path you used to chase loses its pull. A desire you were determined to fulfill starts fading. And the shocking part is you’re not fighting it like you used to. You’re releasing it with peace.

That is not failure. That is transition.

Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). Following him sometimes means walking through an open door. But sometimes following him means having the humility to stop forcing a door he never told you to force. Grace closes what striving could never close properly. Grace ends what your pride would keep alive. Grace disconnects you from what you’ve outgrown so you can step into what is next without dragging dead weight behind you.

And in 2026, I believe you will have the grace to move forward clean. Not carrying bitterness. Not carrying resentment. Not carrying old disappointments like luggage into a new season. You will close chapters with integrity. You will let go without losing your identity. You will release without becoming hardened. That is how you know you’re entering your new season: God is giving you a clean heart for a new assignment.

And right as those old doors lose their pull, new connections begin to appear—without you striving for them.

This is a big one.

Because when God is about to shift your season, he doesn’t just prepare you. He prepares people around you. He prepares help. He prepares divine appointments. Suddenly a conversation “just happens.” Someone reaches out. An opportunity forms. A relationship opens. And it fits so perfectly that you realize: I didn’t arrange this. God did.

That’s why Ruth’s story is so powerful to me. Ruth goes out to glean, simply trying to survive, simply being faithful. And Scripture says she “happened” to come to the field of Boaz (Ruth 2). But we know better. That wasn’t random. That was providence. That was God placing her feet in the right place at the right time. Her obedience positioned her for a connection that would change her future.

When you’re entering a new season, you start seeing that kind of providence. You start noticing that God is lining up relationships with purpose. Not hype. Not shallow excitement. Not emotional dependency. Purpose. Kingdom alignment. People who carry keys. Conversations that open doors. Mentors. Partners. Helpers. Intercessors. Even strangers who speak a word that strengthens you.

And in 2026, I believe you will see divine alignment—connections that don’t drain you, but build you. Relationships that don’t distract you, but direct you. People who come at the right time with the right words, and you will know: God is arranging help around me because he is moving me into my next chapter.

And then there’s another sign, one that many people misunderstand: holy restlessness.

Not anxiety. Not impatience. Not frustration. Something purer. A stirring. A gentle discontent with staying where you are. You’re grateful for what God has done, but you can feel the Spirit saying, “There is more.” You can’t settle the way you used to. You can’t stay comfortable the way you used to. You can’t keep repeating the same cycles and pretend it’s fine. Not because you’re broken, but because you’re being awakened.

Scripture says, “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you” (Isaiah 60:1). That “arise” is not condemnation—it’s invitation. God awakens you before he accelerates you. He stirs you before he shifts you. He causes you to feel the pull of “next” before “next” becomes visible. He is preparing your posture. He is preparing your hunger. He is preparing your readiness.

And in 2026, I believe that restlessness will turn into direction. It won’t torment you; it will guide you. You won’t feel pushed by frustration; you’ll feel led by purpose. You’ll stop wandering emotionally and start moving spiritually. That is a sign you’re entering your new season: your spirit is awakening to what your life is about to step into.

Now let me tell you another major sign: when God is saying “Now,” he often begins to rearrange things.

And yes—sometimes it feels like shaking.

Things shift faster than you can plan. Timelines change. Certain relationships adjust. Old structures begin to move. Some things fall away. Some things speed up. And if you’re not spiritually grounded, you’ll interpret the shaking as a threat. But if you’re listening to the Spirit, you’ll recognize it as alignment.

Because God shakes what cannot go with you.

“Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven… that the things which cannot be shaken may remain” (Hebrews 12:26–27). That means God is not trying to break you—he’s trying to remove what is unstable. He’s trying to remove what is temporary. He’s trying to remove what is counterfeit. He’s trying to remove what is limiting you. He’s trying to remove what would sabotage your next season.

That’s why sometimes a new season begins with disruption—not because God is cruel, but because he is kind. He is unwilling to let you carry old chains into new freedom. He is unwilling to let you carry old mindsets into new authority. He is unwilling to let you build your future on unstable ground. So he shakes. He rearranges. He removes. And then he establishes what remains.

In Acts 16, Paul and Silas are in prison—beaten, chained, locked in darkness. They choose worship. They choose prayer. They choose faith. And then an earthquake shakes the foundation. Chains break. Doors open. That shaking wasn’t punishment—it was deliverance. That shaking wasn’t chaos—it was salvation, not only for them, but for the jailer and his household. When God shakes one life, he often sets other lives free in the ripple.

So if you feel shaking, don’t automatically assume you’re failing. Sometimes shaking means you prayed the right prayer. “Lord, have your way.” “Lord, use my life.” “Lord, align me.” Those prayers invite rearrangement. And when God answers those prayers, he answers them fully.

And in 2026, I believe you will not fear the shaking—you will understand it. You will stop calling every disruption “attack,” and you will begin discerning what is actually transition. You will recognize when God is removing what can’t go with you so what must come can finally arrive. That is a sign you’re entering your new season: your foundation is being purified so your future can be stable.

Now here’s another sign that often shows up right before “Now” breaks open: hope rises again—quietly, but powerfully.

Not hype. Not emotional excitement. A steady return of expectation. The heaviness that has been sitting on your faith begins to lift. The prayers that felt like routine begin to feel like communion again. The promises you quoted while fighting discouragement begin to feel like living truth again. You start agreeing with heaven again. You stop saying, “Maybe someday,” and you start whispering, “Lord, I’m ready when you are.”

Scripture says, “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy” (Psalm 126:5). Tears are not wasted in the Kingdom. Tears are seed. And when God says “Now,” he often turns what you sowed in pain into what you reap in joy. That’s why your hope starts rising—not because you suddenly became optimistic, but because your spirit is sensing the harvest season approaching.

And it matters that you’re sensing it, because when God says “Now,” your response has to be different than your response in the waiting season.

In the waiting season, you learn endurance. In the “Now” season, you learn steadiness.

Because sudden change—even good change—can overwhelm you if you try to carry it in your own strength. Doors open. Calls come in. Opportunities appear. Things begin moving quickly. And the temptation is either to rush ahead and control everything, or to freeze and overanalyze until you miss the moment.

But God does not need your speed. He needs your surrender.

In 2026, you will learn to move with him without striving. You will learn to walk in acceleration without losing your soul. And there are three graces God will teach you to flow in so your new season doesn’t become a burden.

He will teach you humility. Because quick favor can tempt you to think you caused it. But humility keeps gratitude alive. “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time” (1 Peter 5:6). Due time is real. It’s not poetry. It’s an appointment. And when God exalts you, humility is what keeps you safe in the elevation.

He will teach you flexibility. Because God’s plan rarely unfolds exactly like your imagination. “A man’s heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps” (Proverbs 16:9). In your new season, you cannot be married to your own blueprint. You must be surrendered to his direction. Flexibility is not weakness—it is faith. It is saying, “Lord, I trust your timing more than my comfort.”

And he will teach you gratitude. Because gratitude turns miracles into memorials. Gratitude keeps your heart tender when life starts moving quickly. Gratitude helps you remember who carried you through the waiting. “Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!” (Psalm 118:1). And when God begins answering multiple prayers at once, gratitude keeps you from becoming entitled. It keeps you worshipful. It keeps you aligned.

So if you’re seeing these signs—peace where fear used to rule (Isaiah 26:3), repetition and confirmation surrounding you (2 Corinthians 13:1), doors closing with grace (John 10:27), divine connections appearing without striving (Ruth 2), holy restlessness stirring you to rise (Isaiah 60:1), shaking that removes what cannot remain (Hebrews 12:26–27), hope rising again (Psalm 126:5)—don’t dismiss it.

This is how you know you are entering your new season.

And as you step into 2026, you’re not stepping into a random year. You’re stepping into an appointed time where the Lord teaches you how to carry “Now.” Not just how to receive blessing, but how to steward it. Not just how to walk through open doors, but how to remain grounded when they open quickly. Not just how to celebrate the acceleration, but how to maintain the maturity that keeps you stable in it.

Because the greatest miracle is not just what changes around you.

The greatest miracle is what has already changed within you.

You are not the same person who started this journey. You are not the same person who first received the promise. You’ve been refined. You’ve been strengthened. You’ve been reshaped. You’ve learned endurance. You’ve learned discernment. You’ve learned how to cling to God when you couldn’t see results. And that means when “Now” comes—and it will—you won’t be swept away by the speed. You will be steady in it.

And this is what I keep hearing in my spirit for 2026: you will not just survive. You will flow. You will not just endure. You will advance. You will not just recover. You will rebuild. And you will not do it in striving—you will do it in step with the Spirit.

Because “He who has begun a good work in you will complete it” (Philippians 1:6). God finishes what he starts. He fulfills what he speaks. He completes what he initiates. And when he finally says “Now,” no barrier can stand, no door can stay closed, and no power can slow what he has ordained.

So I’m not telling you to force your season.

I’m telling you to recognize it.

I’m telling you to honor the signs.

I’m telling you to stay sensitive.

And I’m telling you to step into 2026 with a heart that says, “Lord, I’m not afraid of the change. I’m ready for alignment. I’m not rushing ahead of you, but I’m not hesitating behind you. If you say move, I will move. If you say wait, I will wait. But I will not call your silence absence anymore. I will not call your delay denial anymore. I will not call your process punishment anymore.”

Because the truth is: the Lord has been closer than you realized.

And when God finally says “Now,” it won’t feel like random luck.

It will feel like promise.

It will feel like purpose.

It will feel like peace.

It will feel like heaven’s timing finally colliding with your life.

And you will look back and realize something that will bring tears to your eyes: the season that felt like it was breaking you… was actually building you.

That’s why you’re ready.

That’s why the signs are showing up.

That’s why the stirring is increasing.

And that’s why 2026 will not be business as usual.

It will be the year you begin to flow—steadily, humbly, clearly—in the “Now” of God.

Much love.