Will Meier: The Season Ahead - Abiding, Power, Open Doors & First Love
Feb 2, 2026
A Season Marked by Weight, Not Noise This season carries a different weight. It is not marked—at least for me personally—by an abundance of new, direct prophetic words. I'm sure we will receive more in our prayer and worship time as we continue to pray into the year ahead, but the dominant tone I sense is not "new for new's sake." It is the wisdom and gravity of revisiting, strengthening, and establishing what has already been spoken. What was revealed and engaged in before now calls for embodiment, maturity, and depth, reinforcing foundations so they can sustain lasting fruit. There is a restraint in this season that feels intentional and protective. We are called to go with what we have been given rather than reaching for fresh language simply to create momentum. This is not a time for producing prophetic hype or spiritual noise. It is a time for honoring what the Lord has already entrusted and allowing it to take deeper root until it becomes not just something we heard but something we live. In that sense, this word reads less like a proclamation and more like a letter meant to steady the heart, guard the pace, and clarify the path. This season will be a time of growing and flowing in His power, but that power flows through alignment, not urgency. There will be many open doors, and opposition will accompany them. This is not resistance to the call but confirmation of its significance. Open doors often expose what still needs strengthening, and opposition becomes the place where obedience is clarified and faith is refined. When God opens doors, He is not merely inviting movement; He is inviting maturity. With open doors comes a higher call to diligence: watchfulness, discernment, faithfulness in small things, and careful stewardship of what has already been entrusted. Fruit will not be produced by striving or spiritual intensity but by staying connected—remaining present, obedient, and consistent over time. Quiet faithfulness will carry more weight than loud declarations, and steady obedience will outlast emotional surges. The goal in this season is not to sound strong but to stay joined. "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit." (John 15:7–8 ESV) A Covenant That Holds Us There is something the Lord spoke to me very clearly, and it has become one of the most stabilizing truths of this season: He has a covenant with us—a covenant stronger than anything we will ever face, even stronger than death itself. This covenant does not rest on our consistency, our strength, or our ability to hold on. He carries it. He upholds it. And He holds us within it. This is not a fragile agreement that depends on our performance. It is a living covenant sustained by His faithfulness. When seasons shift, when strength wanes, when circumstances test the heart, His covenant does not loosen its grip. He remains committed, present, and engaged. He is not the God who initiates and then steps back. He is the God who establishes, maintains, and completes. "I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them." (Jeremiah 32:40 ESV) "If we are faithless, He remains faithful—for He cannot deny Himself." (2 Timothy 2:13 ESV) More for Us than We Have Imagined In speaking this, the Lord gently exposed something deeper. I realized I have underestimated His willingness and His intention toward me, not His power but His posture, not His ability but His heart. He is far more for us than we often allow ourselves to believe.
"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think." (Ephesians 3:20 ESV) "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him." (1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV) Not Abandoned, Not Orphans The Lord also made it clear that much of our striving, fear, and hesitation is often a response to old wounds—abandonment, loss, rejection, and the quiet belief that we are on our own. But the truth is stronger than those memories. We are not orphans. We are not left to fend for ourselves. We are not tolerated; we are embraced. He has promised never to leave us or forsake us. And that promise is not merely a theological statement; it is a relational reality meant to heal the places where fear learned to live. He is not simply committed to our assignment; He is committed to us. "I will never leave you nor forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5 ESV) "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:18 ESV) From Engagement to Abiding The previous season emphasized intentional engagement with the supernatural realms. That engagement was not mystical for its own sake; it was fueled by faith—learning to see, hear, and respond from a higher vantage point. Now that engagement matures into abiding, not striving, not chasing encounters, but living from union. When the Lord Deepens What He Began For many, this may feel different than expected. Some will interpret "less new" as "less God," or quieter rhythms as a loss of intensity. But depth is not decline. Often what feels quieter is actually more rooted. The Lord is not withdrawing; He is anchoring. He is shaping fruitfulness into a way of life rather than a sequence of moments. This is where the heart is trained to hold steady, to not despise the day of small things, to not panic when the emotional "rush" isn't there, and to not think maturity is boring. When the Lord strengthens foundations, it can feel like slow work until you realize it is the very thing that keeps a person standing when storms return. Covenant confidence is what sustains this. Abiding is not a technique to get results; it is the natural posture of those who know they are held. When you realize God is committed—not as a concept but as a covenant reality—your spirit stops bracing for abandonment. The heart exhales. The striving loses its voice. "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:18) Keeping Our First Love Our First Love Foremost This is also a call to keep our first love our first love foremost. Abiding without love becomes mechanical. Power without love becomes hollow. Fruit without love loses its fragrance. The Lord is drawing His people back to simplicity and purity of devotion, not as nostalgia but as alignment.
When first love is restored, obedience becomes lighter. When love is first, even diligence becomes worship. And when love is first, the heart can carry responsibility without losing tenderness. "But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first." (Revelation 2:4–5 ESV) "We love because He first loved us." (1 John 4:19 ESV) Living from Oneness This is a season of going deeper into oneness—learning to abide in Christ in a sustained, conscious way, rooted in love. Abiding is not occasional access; it is continual residence. It is not visiting the secret place; it is living from it. The Quiet Questions That Shape a Life This season invites a different set of measurements. They do not sound dramatic, but they produce lasting strength: Am I remaining? Am I faithful in what is in front of me? Am I guarding love, not just managing responsibility? Is Christ being formed in me today—right here, in ordinary life? When the branch remains connected, it does not strain to be fruitful. It draws. It receives. It stays joined. And over time, life flows. This is how fruit becomes durable rather than seasonal. This is how a person becomes steady rather than reactive. This is how the fire stays clean rather than consuming the one carrying it. "Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5 ESV) Seated Above, Present on Earth There is a call to live seated with Him in heavenly places while remaining fully present in the now—not escaping the natural world but inhabiting it from a higher place. Heaven touches earth through yielded, loving, attentive lives, through sons and daughters who carry a different atmosphere because they have been with Him. We don't stay present because we are strong; we stay present because we are held. We don't remain connected because we never struggle; we remain connected because His grip is stronger than ours. And the more we accept that, the less we interpret hardship as abandonment. We begin to see it as refinement inside covenant. "[God] raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:6 ESV, brackets added) "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." (Colossians 3:2 ESV) Identity Before Fruit From this place of oneness and first love, righteousness is not something we pursue; it is something we live from. Identity precedes victory. Union precedes fruit. In Christ, sin and sickness are rendered powerless, not through obsession or resistance, but because we are dead to sin and alive to God. From Proving to Receiving
This is also where the Lord confronts orphan-mindedness. Old thinking whispers, "You are on your own." Covenant declares, "You are held." Old thinking assumes reluctance in God; covenant reveals His willingness, His intention, His posture of goodness toward us. And when the mind is renewed here, the heart stops running on old scripts. "Consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." (Romans 6:11 ESV) "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me." (Galatians 2:20 ESV) "If we are faithless, He remains faithful—for He cannot deny Himself." (2 Timothy 2:13 ESV) While fruit will come clearly and unmistakably, the emphasis is not on metrics, visibility, or the need to announce progress. The emphasis is relationship. Fruit grows because the branch remains healthy and connected. Love remains the first and final measure. "If I... have not love, I gain nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:3 ESV) Renewing the Mind for the Season Ahead There is an invitation and a responsibility in this season to shake off old thinking shaped by survival, loss, or self-protection; to release internal narratives that assume distance, withdrawal, or disappointment; and to put on new thinking rooted in covenant, sonship, and love. This is not positive thinking. It is truthful thinking. It's thinking that aligns with who God has revealed Himself to be, not who pain taught us to expect. The Lord is for us—far more than we have asked or imagined—and learning to believe that changes how we interpret the year ahead. This is where many breakthrough moments actually happen, not when circumstances change first but when the mind aligns with the covenant. We stop living as if we are alone. We stop anticipating abandonment. We stop interpreting resistance as rejection. And we start walking as sons and daughters who are held, led, and loved. "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind." (Romans 12:2 ESV) "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think." (Ephesians 3:20 ESV) "I will never leave you nor forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5 ESV) Three Anchors for the Season: Heal, Organize, and Launch 1. Heal Healing is foundational, not as a response to crisis but as completion. The Lord is tending what has been strained, overextended, or quietly worn through years of responsibility and carrying weight for others. Healing touches the body, the nervous system, the inner man, and relationships. It restores strength, clarity, and capacity so open doors do not demand a price the soul and body were never meant to pay. Healing is often the Lord's kindness preparing you for what He is entrusting. He restores capacity so your yes stays joyful, your love stays warm, and your obedience stays wholehearted. And when healing is received in covenant confidence, it becomes easier to stop punishing yourself for being human. You begin to receive restoration as part of sonship, not as an interruption to purpose. "He restores my soul." (Psalm 23:3 ESV) "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers." (3 John 2 NKJV) 2. Organize Organization follows healing as clarity strengthens. This is the season to bring structure to what has been organic, vision to what has been dispersed, and order to what has grown faster than its frameworks. Organization is not control; it is stewardship. It aligns time, energy, resources, relationships, and assignments so nothing leaks unnecessarily.
"Let all things be done decently and in order." (1 Corinthians 14:40 NKJV) (Photo via Pexels) "Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful." (1 Corinthians 4:2 ESV) 3. Launch Launch comes from a healed and ordered place. What is released is not rushed or experimental; it is rooted, tested, and carried by maturity. Doors will open and will require courage and diligence to walk through, often alongside resistance. What launches carries authority, because it flows from alignment, not pressure. This is not about proving something to others. It is about obedience to the Lord. Some will need permission to move. Others will need permission to simplify. Either way, the goal is the same: obedience that stays clean, love that stays first, and fruit that remains. "Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut." (Revelation 3:8 ESV) "A wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries." (1 Corinthians 16:9 ESV) Launch from rest. Launch from union. Launch with clarity and confidence in timing. Declarations and Decrees • I declare that I abide in Christ and Christ abides in me. I choose union over striving, presence over performance, and love over pressure. • I decree that my life remains anchored in first love—pure, wholehearted, and undivided—and that devotion will never become mechanical or cold. • I declare that I grow and flow in the power of God through alignment with Him, and I decree that His power rests on my life because my heart remains yielded. • I decree that doors the Lord has opened will not intimidate me or cause hesitation. I will walk through them with courage, discernment, and diligence. • I declare healing over my body, soul, and spirit, and I decree that what has been strained, overextended, or worn is restored and strengthened. • I decree order and faithful stewardship over my life, time, resources, and assignments, and I declare that nothing entrusted to me will be wasted or leak through disorder. • I declare that what is ready will be launched in God's timing, and I decree that it will be rooted in maturity, carried by love, and sustained by grace. • I decree covenant confidence over my heart and mind. I am not abandoned. I am not an orphan. I am held by an everlasting covenant carried by God Himself. • I declare that my life bears fruit that remains because I remain joined to the Vine, and I decree that this fruit will glorify the Father and endure. Prayer of Consecration Father, I come before You with a surrendered heart. I choose again to abide—to remain, to dwell, to live from union with You. I repent of any place where devotion drifted or obedience became mechanical. I return to my first love. Restore what has been strained. Heal what has carried too much weight. Bring order to my life so nothing entrusted to me is wasted. Thank You for Your covenant—stronger than death—carried by Your faithfulness, not mine. Where orphan-mindedness has shaped my reactions, renew my mind with the truth: You are for me, You are with me, you will not leave me. Lead me through the doors You have opened with courage, wisdom, and faithfulness. Let my life bear fruit that remains, born of love and sustained by union. I choose abiding over striving, obedience over urgency, and love above all. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Will Meier Will and Donna Meier are dynamic leaders at Awakening Destiny Global, passionately dedicated to awakening Believers and nations to their God-given destinies. Their mission is to restore and catalyze a global movement of spiritual revival and transformation. Will, a Kingdom entrepreneur, speaker, and leadership coach, combines decades of experience in a Fortune 50 aerospace company with his spiritual leadership. He is the author of 'Leaders for Life—Creating Champions through the NOW Leadership Process,' focusing on integrating Kingdom principles into marketplace leadership. Donna is actively involved in their community and was recently elected to the local board of education, where she advocates for children and aims to drive positive change. Their shared commitment to spiritual and community leadership makes them an influential apostolic and prophetic team across both spiritual and secular spheres. Will and Donna have two sons, live in Connecticut, and enjoy outdoor adventures and travel.
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