Today I want to talk to you about graduating to the next

level. Every May students are graduating - my daughter is graduating

high school this year. At the graduation there are speeches given about

the new opportunities facing the graduates. You can become anything. The

world is an oyster. For college graduates, they have been studying for a

particular career; new information has been preparing them to be

released into purpose – engineer, microbiologist, accountant. The

definition of graduating is to pass from one stage of experience to a

higher one. Promotion to a higher place resulting from study,

preparation, and testing to determine readiness. The Holy Spirit is our

teacher. We are called to understanding. The Spirit leads us by

revealing to us, through the Word, moving us along in our

purpose.