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.
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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.
