Journey to the Other Side

That which pertains to you has already been completed. It has already been done.

However, to completely step into that which has already been completed one must first be willing to take the journey of death. Any time God promotes you to another dimension in Him or in His Anointing. Any time God elevates you He will first take you through the journey of death. Starting with the dessert/wilderness then around the bend to the cross and then, the best part, down the block to the resurrection. One will NEVER receive a resurrection or be mightily used if they don’t first take this journey. And while this is a journey that should occur daily there are times where it will become an intensified season.

The dessert/wilderness is the loneliest part of the journey and it will have you questioning everything you have ever learned, heard or know regarding the God you serve and that which He has spoken to and promised you. In it you will experience, very intensely, your flesh side. You will feel every emotion known to man. You will feel every digging and cut that He makes as He chisels parts of you away (some parts that you may even want to hold on to) and replaces those areas with more of Him. There will be an intense awareness of where you have been and where you are at and where you are at will surely not line up with where you know you are to be. You will witness the greatest contradiction of your Faith. Everything will look opposite to His Word and His Promise. You will feel your flesh wrestling and struggling with His Spirit. You will experience loss and betrayal. You will be tempted as Jesus was in Luke 4. You will question Whose you are and who you are. You will be stripped of all that you were trusting in, resting in and finding security in that was outside of Him and His Word. It is here that you will be the most tempted to fall into the sin of familiarity and cling to that which is familiar and comfortable. It is here, that if you are not careful, you WILL produce an Ishmael (Selah).

It is in this part of the journey, the dessert/wilderness that you die. You will die to self, perceptions and opinions. You will die to the HOW. You will die to your works (you trying to help it along). You will die to others and their perceptions, opinions, needs, lies and gossip. You will die to control. You will die to every success and every mistake. You will die to your wants, desires and will. You will basically die to anything that could possibly not only hinder you from stepping into that new place and that new Anointing but also anything that could destroy you once you get positioned there. It is a painful journey because unlike physical pain there is nothing tangible that can numb you through the process. Even Jesus asked if there could be another journey (way) to fulfill what God had called Him to do. There wasn’t. You MUST go through it and you MUST die in order to get to the cross.

The cross, like Jesus, is where you pay the price, whether privately or publicly, for what you are about to step into. It is here that you become numb. It is here that you obey with all that is in you despite how it appears in the natural or how it appears to others. It is here that you simply hang and endure. Yes, others are lying on you, stoning you, and treating you wrong. Yes it seems like people have more power than your God. Yes, it seems like God has forsaken you and left you. However, instead of retaliating or speaking you MUST remain silent and in Him and you MUST endure. The cross isn’t personal it is a part of the process. Honestly, if they really knew who Jesus was they wouldn’t have done what they did to Him. But at the same time, if they didn’t do what they did, it wouldn’t have fulfilled the Promise. I heard Bishop Veron Ashe say that in crucifying Jesus they were RELEASING Him. It is the same with you. When you come out on the other side, the resurrection, ALL that has been in you will be RELEASED.

The resurrection part is the best part. It makes the journey worth it. It breathes life. It breathes power. It breathes confidence. You walk in a new strength, with a new attitude, new passion, and a new authority you have not known. For through the journey of death God was retraining, refocusing, reaffirming and qualifying you for that new dimension in Him, His Anointing and Promise. It was producing the understanding of the fullness of the purpose for your life. It is a birthing.

I believe that the reason most never enter into new dimensions in Him or His Anointing or into their Promise is because most are not willing to go through this journey. You must ask yourself at some point in your walk, “Am I willing to pay the price for what God has for me?” And then, if your answer is YES, you must buckle up and put your blinders on for the journey of death.

I Have Asked. I Did Buckle Up. I Am IN this journey and I WILL SEE YOU on the other side. Though you just might not recognize me!

XOXO