Transition - Part 5

Training For Reigning

Today, we know little about the process of discipleship. What was it like to be a disciple of a rabbi in Jesus time? Paul was a disciple of Gamaliel, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin. If you were chosen by a rabbi to be his disciple, you were to sit at his feet and bear his yoke. When Jesus chose the disciples, he did not choose them so they could be the best that they can be and do what they thought was best! The disciples were chosen to bear His yoke with their dominion gift. When we become a part of a local fellowship, God is joining us together so our dominion gift will help that local expression to accomplish what God desires to bring forth from that body of believers, and in that training, to eventually release it to the surrounding culture to impact it for the kingdom of God. As powerful an anointing as Daniel had, the Lord did not set him alone…he placed him in community with at least three other friends!

Transition - Part 4

Community Is Necessary...Leadership Is Essential

How do we prepare for destiny? It is not accomplished independently. It is attained through community and a joining of the generations. Just as we are transitioning as individuals, God is transitioning generations. The generation that has led us is now shifting to an advisory capacity. Like Moses, they have been forerunners; they have led the way into the depths of God. Now they are needed to counsel and advise the next generation. Leaders like John Paul Jackson, Lou Engle and Mike Bickle represent a transitional generation that can join generations together. They are “raising up” the next generation to recognize their destiny before they are ensnared by the cares of this world.

Transition - Part 3 - The Discipline of Confinement

Transition is very confining. It is the place of surrender where we give up our own way. It is uncomfortable. It is disciplined and constrictive. He’s taking us to a place where we have not walked. Marketplace transformation leader, Lance Wallnau, describes transition this way: “I’m going through hell, and I think God’s in it!”

Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language defines transition as the:

1. “Movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another.

2. In music, (a) a passing from one key to another; modulation, (b) a sudden, unprepared modulation.

3. Passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music, etc., as in a theatrical production.