A Time to Build: Stepping Into Your Spiritual Foundation

There's something powerful about standing at the threshold of a new year, knowing that everything you need has already been given to you. Not as a future promise dangling just out of reach, but as a present reality dwelling within you right now. This isn't wishful thinking or positive affirmation—it's the bedrock truth of what happened at the cross over two thousand years ago.

The Foundation That Changes Everything
When we look up the meaning of 2026 in the Strong's Concordance, we discover something remarkable: it means "to build upon an already laid foundation." This isn't about starting from scratch or laying new groundwork. The foundation was completed at Calvary. Salvation, healing, deliverance, and power over poverty—all of it was secured in that moment when Jesus declared, "It is finished."

Consider what that means for your life today. Your spirit was recreated. You were sealed with Him. You were filled with the fullness of Christ—not just a portion, but the fullness. According to Colossians 2:9-10, "In him all the fullness of the deity dwells and you have been made complete in him." Past tense. Already done. Already yours.

Understanding True Salvation
The Greek word for "saved" is sozo, and it encompasses far more than eternal life. When Scripture says "all who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved," it means saved, healed, delivered, and given power over poverty. This is the full package of salvation—not just a ticket to heaven someday, but transformation for every area of life right now.

By His stripes, you were healed. Not "will be" healed, but "were" healed. First Peter 2:24 uses past tense because the work was already completed. When we pray for healing, we're not trying to convince God to do something new. We're agreeing with what He already accomplished and receiving what He already provided.

Faith That Moves You, Not God
Here's a paradigm shift that changes everything: your faith doesn't move God. He already moved two thousand years ago. He was never stuck, never waiting for you to pray loud enough or long enough. Your faith moves you. It's a gift given to help you relate to and walk with a supernatural God.

Ephesians 2:8-9 makes this clear: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." God initiates by giving grace. Your faith is simply your response to His grace. He started it. Your faith doesn't make Him come—it's your response to what He already gave.
This liberates us from performance-based Christianity. We're not earning, deserving, or convincing. We're receiving, believing, and responding to what has already been freely given.

The Power of Considering Yourself
Romans 6:11 provides a crucial instruction: "Consider yourself dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ." The word "consider" means the manner in which you perceive—it's about a perspective shift in how you think about yourself.

Dead to sin doesn't just mean Christ died for your sins. It means dead to all of sin's effects: the sin done by you, the sin done to you, the effects of that sin, sinful thoughts, sinful mindsets, sin consciousness, the heaviness of the world's sin. Consider yourself completely dead to all of it—as if you disappeared from that planet and showed up alive to God in Christ.

What would happen if every cell of your being truly considered itself dead to sin? What if every morning you stood before a mirror and declared, "I am alive to God in Christ"? This isn't positive thinking—it's aligning your self-perception with scriptural reality.

From Identity to Impact
When your identity is firmly rooted in who you are in Christ, impact becomes the natural overflow. You move from learning about your position to living from your position. This shift transforms how you approach each day.

The greatest impact often happens one-on-one, in divine appointments orchestrated by the Holy Spirit. When you know the steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord, you begin to see your daily encounters differently. That person in the grocery store, that colleague at work, that neighbor you run into—these aren't random meetings. They're opportunities to release heaven on earth.

Building With Apostolic and Prophetic Foundation
Scripture tells us the church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20). This doesn't diminish the importance of pastors, evangelists, and teachers—but it reminds us that the church cannot be fully built without apostolic and prophetic understanding.

The prophetic opens up the reality of the spirit realm. The apostolic mobilizes us to walk in what God has already spoken. Together, with Jesus as the center, they create a foundation for supernatural normalcy—where miracles, healing, deliverance, and prophetic ministry become the expected rhythm of everyday life.

Supernatural Normalcy
This is the invitation for this season: to move into supernatural normalcy. Not miracles as rare exceptions, but as the natural expression of a Spirit-filled life. When you understand that the fullness of Christ dwells in you, supernatural living becomes your access point, not your aspiration.

The Apostle Paul could confidently say, "Follow me as I follow Christ" (1 Corinthians 11:1). This wasn't arrogance—it was normal Christianity. It's the confidence of someone who knows they're building on a solid foundation, presenting themselves as alive to God in Christ.

The Invitation to Build
So here's the question: What are you building? Your life, your relationships, your work, your ministry—all of it can be built on the firm foundation of what Christ already accomplished. You're not waiting for breakthrough that's just around the corner. Breakthrough happened two thousand years ago. Now you're simply stepping into what's already yours.

Consider yourself dead to sin. Present yourself alive to God in Christ. Build with confidence, knowing that He who began a good work in you will complete it. The foundation is solid. The resources are unlimited. The fullness of Christ dwells within you.

It's time to build.