As a people, we very much make choices on things by their outward appearance. But if we are to truly follow God with our lives, then we must learn to see things from His perspective.

Our God is a God of movement, and so his church must also be a church of movement. And so as we step into a new year, into 2025 with all the deep and entrenched challenges we see around us in the world today, and with whatever real and overwhelming challenges we might be facing personally, we cannot step into this new year in a posture of retreat.