From Caterpillar to Butterfly...You are about to Emerge!

I truly believe that this past year has brought a shift in most of our lives. Not just spiritually but naturally as well. I also believe that the majority of us are presently in the midst of transitioning within that shift. We are between this and that, between who we were and who we are to be, between what was and what is, between purpose and destiny.



The best word to describe this transition would be metamorphosis, which is the transition a caterpillar goes through before becoming a butterfly. So, to better understand what we are sensing, feeling and/or going through it makes sense to study the metamorphosis or the transition of a caterpillar.



First, the caterpillar forms a COVERING around itself, which we know to be the cocoon. Inside the cocoon or covering is where the caterpillar CHANGES. The caterpillar digests itself from the inside out, causing its OLD body to die, though there is a REMNANT of cells that are used to create a NEW body. Once the new body is fully grown inside the cocoon, and the butterfly is ready to EMERGE, the butterfly PUSHES on the walls of the shell until it BREAKS OPEN.



I sense that the majority of us are in the final process of our metamorphosis. Our NEW body is almost at full growth and we are about to emerge as butterflies who fly freely.



To those of you who have questioned why you have gone through what you have gone through, to those of you who have been instructed to release, to those of you have been directed to regroup/refocus, to those of you who find yourself starting over, whether it be relationally, in ministry/assignment, in finances, or in business, you have your answer. Something new is about to emerge. You are about to possess that which was destined for you before the foundation of the world. And you have not been here before so you can’t expect the process to be familiar or the same as processes in the past.



This process is the process of metamorphosis. And in reading the above it seems this process, at times, could be uncomfortable and painful. Regardless, we must endure and complete the process. We must stay under our covering and in that fortified place during the process for this is where the grace we will need to pull on dwells. We must examine ourselves, our relationships, our organizations, our finances and businesses from the inside and work outward, not the other way around. We must allow any situation, habit, mindset or relationship that would hinder this next move to die or fall off. There is no room for dead weight at this next dimension. If we are to truly experience and receive the new then we must come to terms with ridding of the old. And don’t fear if it seems that the numbers have and/or are dwindling around you as it pertains to your circle, organization, finances and business, there is a remnant that has been kept that will assist in creating this new thing.



Now is not the time, especially for believers, to be stuck where God was, and especially where God was not. It is time for us to be where God is. We as believers can get so caught up in what God said that we can easily miss what God is saying now. We can get so caught up in our mistakes and/or our past that we become prisoners to them choosing to serve sentences of unworthiness and guilt rather than walk in the gift of righteousness and receive His best.



School is in session and it is exam time. We must examine every area of our lives and honestly come to terms with where He is or isn’t. And wherever He isn’t we must do what is needed to move to where He is. Relationally move to where He is. Mentally move to where He is. Train your thoughts to line up with His Word, to line up with your vision and/or dream. Filter your thoughts so that any thought that does not line up with where you are headed is caught before it takes on animation through your words. Emotionally move to where He is, from tears and pain to joy and happiness. Stop wavering and being moved by what you see, hear or by what is placed before you to view (thanks, Queen) and be moved by what you know. Physically move to where He is. Move from sickness to health, weakness to strength. Spiritually move to where He is. If there is an area you’ve lost it in (prayer, worship, consecration, etc), get back to it. If you have been wounded or offended spiritually allow Him to come in and mend and encourage. Move from brokenness to wholeness. And financially move to where He is by following His principles. If you have strayed from the tithe or from your seed faith, repent and start again.



God is expanding our territory. We are about to possess. The pain, the discomfort, the questions, the confusion, the isolation, the rebuke, the offense, the attack has had nothing to do with our past it has had everything to do with our future. A future He is already in. He is already on the other side of our metamorphosis, where it is already finished, already done. It is time to grow up and accept that it is not His responsibility but our responsibility to get to where He has already been. Regardless of how we feel we can’t stop or give up now, so don’t you dare grow weary or tired, don’t you dare paralyze yourself because of pride or fear, and definitely don’t stay dead in the cocoon. We are too close to abort who we are or the vision and/or dream we have. We must grow to full term and then push with everything we have until we, and that which is in us breaks through and emerges with boldness and faith into what is about to be the best season of our life.