Are you creating more room for your future or for temporary pleasures? God will make the way, but you have to make the room. Sometimes you need to buy the laptop case before you have the laptop - showing God you're serious about preparing for what He's promised. What faith move will you take this week to prepare for the breakthrough God has planned for your life?

As we enter 2026, instead of making resolutions we'll abandon, we can align ourselves with God's purposes. According to the Hebrew calendar, this year represents multiplication and connection - a time when our intentional choices will hook us to God's abundance. The theme is prepare to prosper, meaning to break forth into success in every area of life. Like the barren woman in Isaiah 54 who was told to enlarge her tent before receiving children, we must make room for God's blessings before we see them. This requires spreading out our hearts, minds, and expectations while driving stakes of faith through intentional actions that connect our future promises to our present reality.

The Christmas story reveals how God shows up in unexpected ways, transforming silent nights into holy encounters. Many struggle to experience God because they fabricate expectations of how He should appear rather than allowing Him to reveal Himself authentically. The God you see may not be the God you want, but He is always the God you need. Scripture reveals ten primary ways to encounter God: through worship, suffering, obedience, prayer, community, service, work, sacraments, nature, and stillness. God also speaks to us in ten distinct ways, from instructional to intuitive to audible communication. Divine experiences are designed to transform us and exalt God, not just inform or elevate ourselves.