Counselor's Corner: Experiencing Transition, the Seasons are Changing

Are you in a place in your life where you’re not sure where you are headed, but you know you’re not going back? This awkward and oftentimes uncomfortable place is known as transition. The transition place in your life is the time the enemy attacks the hardest. This all-out assault from the enemy’s camp is to discourage you from moving from your past and into your new “season.”

What a “season” this has been spiritually. It has been a time for planting for the harvest, a time of refinement, a time of cutting away from the former things of the past. It has been a long and difficult season, and so many people of God are ready for change and transition into their new season. For many Christians there has been a “wilderness” journey that they have been on. The wilderness is lonely, discouraging and at times depressing. The wilderness is a place of change and a place of cutting away those things that have hindered our walk with the Lord.

Before entering into your new season you must purge and remove the things of the past completely. Let go of things and relationships that have not worked and caused you great suffering and heartache. Let God bring forth the relationships, ministries and outcomes during this time. Don’t hold on to the things of the past. Let God finish the purging and refining work He has started.

Reflect and Ponder: How would you describe the “season” that you have been in? Do you believe it is time to transition into a new “season?”

A fresh wind of the Holy Spirit is coming forth to bring life to the hopeless and reveal truth in the midst of darkness. It is a time like no other. A time to be born-again and to enter into His kingdom. Many have prayed for loved ones salvation, the return of prodigals, and the return of loved ones who have walked away from the Lord. They will have to make a choice soon which master they will serve, and you will know very clearly their position.

Time is near for the end of the kingdom here on earth, the kingdom here that is ruled by satan and his cohorts. Preparations are being made for the return of the Messiah. Do you discern the times we are in? Let nothing get in your way of watching and looking for the return of the Messiah. So many Christians are living stressed, burdened, and troubled lives, but look away from those things of the world and focus on His return and preparing for His return. Have you repented from sin and turned away from your sin? Have you forgiven yourself and others? Not all people will accept this way of life. To enter His kingdom is narrow and many will choose the wide path or gate. The wide path seems easier, but it leads to death. His kingdom will have no end and will go on for eternity.

Jesus is preparing a place for all of His believers. The enemy knows his time is short on earth and he has assaulted, distracted, discouraged, destroyed and annihilated a lot of followers of Christ. But arise today, you are part of the chosen generation, a royal priesthood and you will arise to complete the finishing assignments to your life and destiny. Do not be distracted by the ones who call themselves Christians, but follow after their own lustful desires and live continually disobedient to Christ and His word. Do not be deceived by them. The ones that follow Christ will be known by their fruit.

Let Jesus do the work in the lives of the ones who are not following Christ (unless Holy Spirit directs you to intervene), otherwise you will get entangled and trapped in their endless needs, issues, and problems. You will know those who truly follow Christ, they will repent of their sins and turn away from their sins. Turn away means not to repeatedly engage in the sin. Those that live in continual bondage to sin are not true followers of Christ. They may know Christ, they may even know the Word, but they don’t follow Christ. There is a tearing away of the “wheat from the tares.” You may be noticing the tearing away and you may be noticing you are undergoing changes. Hold fast, be unwavering in your convictions for Christ and He will bring you through this time. It is a time like no other. For such a time as this.

Our ultimate destiny is our eternal home with Christ. For true followers of Christ, our destiny is being prepared. Arise, your destiny awaits you. The world will soon be dissolved and we will rule and reign with our Messiah in the New Jerusalem.

The visible proof of being a Christian is right behavior. Many people do good works but don’t have faith in Jesus Christ. Others claim to have faith in Jesus Christ but rarely produce good works. Those who claim to have faith and consistently do what is right are true believers.

Beloved, we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we should be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

1 John 3:2-3

The Christian life is a process of becoming more and more like Christ. This process will not be complete until we see Christ face to face, but knowing that is our ultimate destiny should motivate us to purify ourselves. To purify means to keep morally straight, free from the corruption of sin.

If you are willing, let go of your past and by faith take hold of your new season that is purged of old, destructive behaviors. Your transition time will be over soon as you are already sensing changes in your life. Do not be afraid of the changes, what worked in the past will not work in your new season. What your past looked like, will not be what your new season will look like. God has been preparing you for this season for a long time, and it is time to fully embrace your new season. In your new season you will be a light, a beacon of hope, and you will reflect the Kingdom and Glory of God our Father. You will be matchless against the kingdom of darkness, as you have trained long and hard for battle while in your transition phase. You will know your authority in Jesus and will use your authority to destroy and demolish the works of darkness around you. No longer will you be kept a prisoner to the enemy; you are being freed from the chains that held you in captivity. You will no longer act as a slave or an orphan because you will know that you belong to the Most High. You are being crowned with His Glory and beauty, for all of your mockers, scorners and persecutors to openly see.

Although you may not see it now, you will “finish your race well.” Your latter years will be better and brighter than your former years. You will influence many for the Kingdom of God, and others will be drawn to the light that illuminates all around and in you. You will be the salt of the earth. No more will the enemy make you feel not good enough; for the Lord your God qualifies you.