2026: Entering a New Place in Christ

As we step toward 2026, I don’t sense urgency—I sense positioning.

There are moments on the calendar that feel louder than others, and this one does not arrive with noise.

It arrives with clarity. With invitation.

With the quiet weight of God saying, “Come higher. Come truer. Come aligned.”

This isn’t just a new year. It feels like a new place in Christ.

Not a new Christ.

Not a new gospel.

But a deeper understanding of who we are in Him—and what that requires of us in the earth.

For many believers, the coming season will demand something more foundational than activity.

It will demand identity.

A New Era Requires a Settled Identity

In Scripture, every time God moved His people into a new place, He first addressed who they were.

Before Joshua led Israel into the Promised Land, God reminded him to be strong and courageous. Before Jesus began His public ministry, the Father declared, “This is My beloved Son.”

Before the disciples were sent out, they were told to wait—until they understood the power now resting within them.

Identity always precedes assignment.

In 2026, many believers will find that what worked before will no longer sustain them—not because God has changed, but because He is calling us to live from truth, not momentum.

When you know who God designed you to be, you stop chasing everything.

You begin stewarding the right things.

Why Identity and Stewardship Are Connected

Stewardship is not just about money, resources, or responsibilities.

Stewardship begins with self-awareness under God.

If you don’t know who you are, you’ll mismanage what you’re given.

You’ll:

• Say yes to assignments that don’t belong to you

• Carry weight God never asked you to hold

• Pour energy into places that drain rather than produce fruit

But when identity is settled, stewardship becomes clear.

You steward your:

• Body differently

• Time intentionally

• Voice responsibly

• Gifts with wisdom

• Influence with humility

Because you’re no longer proving—you’re partnering.

Prepared beforehand means already aligned—not improvised.

Entering the New Place

I believe 2026 will be a year where God calls believers to inhabit rather than initiate.

To live from who they are, not what they can build. To steward from identity, not insecurity.

To walk in Christ with maturity, discernment, and restraint.

This doesn’t mean doing less—it means doing what fits.

It means asking better questions:

• Who has God designed me to be in this season?

• What has He entrusted to my care?

• What requires faithfulness, not expansion?

• What needs pruning so fruit can remain?

A new era in Christ isn’t about reinvention. It’s about alignment.

And alignment always begins within.

As we move in 2026, my prayer is not that we rush ahead—but that we enter fully present, deeply rooted, and rightly positioned.

Knowing who we are.

Knowing what we carry.

Knowing what we are responsible for in the earth.

I’ll see you,

Lord willing, in 2026.

— DeNise Wedington Jones