Last time we looked Diversification is through being authentic and true, no photoshop, no disguises, real and raw, God blesses us to be and celebrate others and situations free of all disguise and masks. Hallelujah right, let’s dig deeper here and go into complete HEAD TO TOE TRANSFORMATION that the Spirit of Christ in us does!
Wow, talking transformation our mind immediately goes to Saul, and when Jesus encountered him right? There we see nothing of the old remaining even his name was transformed ‘Paul’ the apostle who preached Jesus saves until the day he died. What a trophy of Grace and Mercy for the Power of God working in weakness he is.
Saul to Paul is Diversification (The Damascus Road: Saul Converted Act 9), all of the old gone and only the new remaining! The day you gave your life to Jesus is diversification, as the bible says YOU ARE A NEW CREATION. A caterpillar enters a chrysalis, and diversification happens a butterfly comes out. This gets me: nothing of the caterpillar is in in the butterfly!
Our past vs our present is diversification, it’s WHO I WAS IS NOT WHO I AM!
For we know when we come to God and ask Him for forgiveness, He does what only He can do, He erases the sin! Hallelujah, is this not diversification?
Here is a testimony from Paula our amazing editor,
(Thank you Paula for the amazing job you do editing, preparing all the messages we send out)
We all have a story, here’s a bit of mine.. we are on a journey of Home Educating, the Lord asked me, are you willing and do you trust Me? I said yes, yes! He said good here is the NEW path I’m calling you to walk in. You can’t do it alone, but You can do it in and THROUGH Me holding your hand, strengthening, equipping and leading you.
This speaks diversification because my qualification is teaching, I’m a teacher, I LOVE to teach, however I had put on the shelf, locked away with key, ever teaching my own children, as that’s exactly it they are mine, have my personality traits and know how to trigger me, they are part of me. Yes since they are mine, entrusted to me from God, I teach them God’s ways but our usual was that they then go to school, but in the plan was never the having them home 24/7 with all their emotions, and the weight of their education on me, that just seemed to out there. Pause here!
Whether you are a parent, grandparent or just adult, I’m sure you can relate! In this moment are you thinking about a big thing God’s asked of you and you are like ummm yes but God You sure You got the right girl/ guy here? God you can’t mean me right?? God is it me You’re talking to?
It’s in this space of being real and raw with the Lord we realise and are reminded that our Biggest struggle in True Diversification with the Lord is in our Mind.
That’s why the BATTLE for anything and everything begins, ends, is won and lost in our mind, as we think so we are, we either Put on the Mind of Christ, wear the Helmet of Salvation and allow Holy Spirit to lead our thoughts and give us an abundance of Life and Peace or we don’t. By the way that’s a favourite go to verse of mine “for the mind controlled by the Holy Spirit there is an abundance of life and peace” Romans 5:8
The Lord in His goodness and Love, gave me Roman 12:2 “Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in His eyes”. (TPT)
By the way that verse is VITAL when the Lord asks us to do a new thing!
This is my testimony of going THROUGH the emptying of SELF of ALL my ideas, plans ABCD Z, ways, ideals, thoughts, and test them all out see them succeed for a while and then fail and me humbled on my knees going ‘why God? What happened?
He said nothing just your idea and way wasn’t Mine, remember Isaiah 55:8-8, it wasn’t the NEW way or My Way for you, Ask Me for the New Way and My Way, Plan, and I’ll provide it, as I’m Your Good Father who loves to give gifts to His children as they Ask.
Hallelujah, I got it, did that I asked and He provided and He amazed me in the provision it was in a NEW Way that I wasn’t expecting it was. Here’s a few examples I wrote the exemptions for schooling 2x first before sending them in on the 3rd time, as first 2 times they were written with my mind in the Old Place, Posture, Way and Thinking. But the third time it was All NEW and yes given as they were submitted in less than 2 weeks (150pages ok)
I’m living and seeing Ephesians 3:20 manifest “He will do imaginably more than you can even dream, ask or think, for to Him be the Glory, Honour and Praise”
Another example huge one, way in the way of a NEW friend who blessed the socks off us, in response to support I was giving her and loving on her as she was processing ‘loss of health and possible loss of loved one’ and Holy Spirit led her and her family to invest in setting us up to ‘love and win at Home Educating His Way’
I’m still in AWE and Wonder at My Abba Father, and what He did for me in times of crying out and Asking Him.
We lived and saw “But God will be faithful to you as you do His work and Love Him and the one in front of you”
I’m testifying to you all that God’s goodness reaches out to us in spite of us, and all because of who He is the Faithful, Caring Present, Loving One, King, Father, Creator, Husband and so much more.
I love people, making new friends and hearing stories others have, I’m honoured God trusts me to meet and journey with many friends, our life is richer and full of adventure and beautiful moments because of Christ in me.
There is so much more to share, but I’ll update you that we are on our 2nd unit gathering together and learning God’s New Way and the delight and love is flowing. All Glory to God, full transformation, and Fullness of Joy is ours in Jesus name.
Thank you Paula we really appreciate who you are and the gift that Lord has given you that makes our ministry complete)
Isaiah 61 is all about diversification: a COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION OF A LIFE in mind, body and soul through Christ: Ashes to Beauty is one example and mourning to dancing. I experienced both of these.
There is a time for add ons and a time for starting new, to be honest the word Diversification is one of the highest priorities for God for us right now. Which is why Jesus shared if you want to follow Him you have to die.
Take the Rich Young Ruler’s story read up on it in Mark 10:17-27! It’s all about diversification: the message from Jesus:
GIVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO THE POOR and COME FOLLOW ME!
Key: The new thing has nothing to do with the old thing.
What about the opposite, destruction as the outcome, through the story of King Saul! He is asked by the Lord through Samuel to wait 7 days until he returns 1 Samuel 10:8. But when Samuel does not return in time Saul decides to change everything and do it his own way
(1 Samuel 13:11-13)
Pause here, is this diversification or did Saul just diversify things? And what about when King Saul was meant to go into the enemy’s camp and kill all? Yet he decides to change the plan on the journey. Again this diversification or simply Saul diversifying?. (1 Samuel 15)
Both of these were divinations, so WHY did the Lord see them as diversification? Because Saul’s heart had changed from being led by Him to being led by himself, which had endings in destruction, first was Saul’s kingdom
Challenge:
1. God I want to remember who I was so that I can celebrate who I am now, I am a new creation in Jesus, the OLD all of it is GONE. Hallelujah I praise You Jesus.
2. God who needs to hear my story, with me being vulnerable about who I was and who I am after Jesus met me, so they can become who they are mean to be in Jesus?
3. God I give You permission to change my heart to being Led by You and You alone, would You show me the first step in to walk being led by You as a New Creation in Christ.
4. Worship Time, put on worship and lift up the Name of Our Mighty God.
5. Thank Him, for who He is and what He already has done and what He is going to do.
Father I ask that you will help us truly to know and understand all that you are calling us to be. I ask you Father will you open up all our senses to partner with you, into seeing the completion of your all your works on earth AMEN
Craig Patten. Itinerate Pastor /Prophet. Encounter Ministries
