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.
One way transition can be understood is as it relates to the birth process. In birth, if momma is still laughing and happy, transition has NOT come! Jesus likened His coming to birth pangs. Why? All of creation groans in anticipation of His coming (Romans 8:17-19). Christian Breaking News recently reported that the earth is putting out a sound. There is a sound the earth is releasing as the sun’s radiation touches its atmosphere. Scientists have measured it and recorded it. Creation is groaning. It is waiting for us to get into our purpose as the mature sons and daughters of God. This includes entering into the fullness of our dominion gifting. We can easily identify and know what it is because of the way it affects others, how it affects the landscape and what is released from the earth and comes to the surface. Creation is liberated as we walk into our destiny. When Esther accepted her role as a worshipping, royal intercessor, she entered into her royal destiny, and her life, the life of her people, and the nation of Israel were all released from bondage and destruction. Embracing the discipline of intimacy, consecration and covenant commitment will take us to destiny.
Transition is the time when the Lord redefines or changes situations, relationships, geographical location, and especially our hearts to move us forward into a deeper relationship with Himself and His purposes.
Let’s get positioned for transition. Jesus rebuked people for not understanding the signs of the times. He always removes us from “what is” before He introduces “what’s next.” Hebrews 10:9 says, “He takes away the first that He may establish the second.” When Joseph left the prison, his time of disciplining and training was over, and he was placed second in command in all of Egypt.
It took 40 years to get Moses ready for transition. As a young man, Moses tried to settle injustice for His people through his own means: by murder. Forty years later, when God approached Moses to lead the Israelites, he did not feel qualified. The humility necessary to fully submit and follow the Lord and not men, had been worked in Moses’ life.
God will not listen to our excuses, because He does not need our ability. He is in search of one who is a willing vessel to follow and obey what He desires to accomplish. Moses thought his brother Aaron would be a better choice; God chose Moses not Aaron. As an apostle, Paul understood that he had been separated for God’s work from his mother’s womb (see Galatians 1:15-18). As a young man, Paul was a terrorist, persecuting and killing Christians. After conversion, when he was brought to Antioch, he was required to submit to the leadership of the church leaders for an extended period of time. He embraced the discipline and training the Holy Spirit brought into his life, and finally he was separated to fulfill God’s call. He was ready to exercise his gift and walk in the apostolic call on his life.
We cannot live from our old nature (the old man) or our old ways. Neither will allow us to reach our destiny. We must walk away from every dead thing in our life.
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