Transitioning To the Promise

While you are in the process of transitioning to your promise, your purpose, I need to inform you there will be transition and that transition can be swift or it can be steady, however it comes there will be transition. Transition is the journey, from the old person and place to the new person and place. A songwriter penned these words, “time is filled with swift transition,” notice the words time is filled which indicates there is not much more in time because transition has it filled. So, how do we deal with transition, well in Joshua 1, by the time we arrive at verse 7, God, have spoken to Joshua and told him to be strong and courageous. I beseech you who are reading this to do the same. You see, the transition is a part of the process and the process is the journey that we must experience to get to the promise, the purpose. I have to remind you that anything that you are set to conquer and possess there will be an enemy already sitting on it. Don’t get scared or discouraged instead be strong and courageous, remembering that in Joshua 1:3 it states, “I am giving you every place where you set foot, exactly as I promised…” There may be times where you have to go ahead and peep out the situation, but whatever you do don’t take folks with you that make problems, things, and man bigger than God. How will you know, when the person walking with you starts naming your obstacles rather than devising the plan then they have made the obstacles bigger than God, please know they have come to the end of the journey with you. Don’t be so concerned about them taking it personal because in fact it is, they don’t fit into your plan because they don’t support your vision for the purpose. When you are on a journey though it can be swift it can be long, so in being prepared that means you have to eat for where you are going, eat even when you aren’t hungry because the journey is long. If you don’t eat, you will get weak, and wear in well doing. Don’t make this journey a race to get there fast remembering that the race is not given to the swift but to the one that endures to the end. So when in the middle of the journey you lose a job, a love one dies, a child has to reigned back in, you have divorce papers sitting on the table, your bank account has gone from overflow to overdraft, it’s all transition. I need you to stay focused and don’t make those things giants, don’t allow them to become bigger than God. Most importantly, I need you to remember that God has already said to you, He would give you exactly what He has promised. Now this is for me, but I am sharing because, I know many are in the same place that I am in; you know that God has called you to a thing and a place, a purpose. Some of you are still trying to figure what it is, let me help you a call doesn’t necessarily mean to preach. You can be called to sing, write, teach, act, parent and the list goes on. You can minister more people every day walking around than you ever could in a pulpit. You see everyone likes to glamourize the pulpit and I am taking nothing from it, but know that it comes with great responsibility and a big microscope. That even when the people don’t see, they are listening to see that you are living how they think you should be, many have even made you God. Yes, that why they leave the church and are so disturbed when the pastors human struggles raises its ugly head. Truth is even when you are chosen, you can still face, lust, depression, you can still get angry and let your mouth get you in words get you in trouble. There will be times that you want to tell God, just how you feel about this transition, because He called you, so why not just make this easy. I leave you now, but I do want to share that when transition kicked my door in, it shook me, BUT GOD. It’s only because I have hidden HIS WORD in my mouth and I meditate on it day and night that I have not succumb to what I felt was a complete violation of my life. I don’t mind being transparent, I told God this is not a part of what I signed on for, why would people want to serve you watching my story? Well, let me tell, all I got was why not you Shon Garner Cole? Did, I ever promise you that you would never suffer? Am I not God because you are hurting and don’t like where you are? You see He didn’t give me an answer or a word; He gave me questions that forced me to call on the word that is hidden in my heart. That word that says, I should count it all joy when I fall into various trials and temptations, that word that says all things work together for good to those who love God. The word that told me that Jesus was in the Garden and said not my will but your will. So, now I say thank you for all who left, thank you for the financial storms, thank you for the sleepless nights, because in the midst of those storms I stood, of course I bent, but I didn’t break, NO, I stood and I am still standing. The winds still blow sometimes not as hard, but they still blow and then there are times when hurricane winds blow, but I stand, why because I remember this, no one will be able to stand up against me, that He will always be with me and because of this I have accepted that I have to transition to the promise. Blessed to be a Blessing, Shon Garner Cole

In the Process of Purpose

As 2011 came to a close, preachers everywhere shared the same message, 2012 was the year of deliverance. For some this happened early, but for many we are still waiting. I want to encourage you not to give up, you have come to far to give up now. I know it would be so easy to call the year based on what things may look like, but don't. If things are good, stay on course don't loose focus because things will go from good to great if you can just stay focused. Maybe you are like me and things have been a roller coaster, well it's more important that you don't give up. You see on Wednesday, when I was riding home thanking God for the day, He gave me this, it's the 3rd day of the first month of last 3 months in this year, you received blessings that were derivatives of 3. My reply was, " yes, I got it" and I did have it. If you haven't gotten to where I am here it is 3 is Trinity- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Most days, I send out an inspirational message, and Thursday, it basically said that many were discouraged about where they were this year, as I said above if you are good you may be disappointed because based on what was preached, prophesied and told to you, you should be better. If your world is spinning out of control then you, for sure are wondering where is the deliverance I was supposed to be experiencing? Well, I encouraged them not to give up because if God could show up on Calvary in the way He did in 3 days, I can't begin to even think of all He can do with 3 months. So it's going to take faith, but I pray you stand on His word and keep the faith. God being God, gave me an almost immediate confirmation. I went to Bible Study and I missed the scripture and topic, but pastor was teaching on the dream and trusting the dream. He shared that often once you have had the dream which is a peep into your future, as life would have it your world starts to spin out of control, but if we stay focused and don't give up we will see it come to pass. Later I watched Bible Study on streaming and pastor was teaching from Genesis 37:1-7, this passage talks about Joseph's dream and how after he had the dream shared the dream his world was turned completely upside down. He was thrown in a pit and left for dead, he ended up in the palace it looked like things were turning around, oh but wait,he was set up and thrown in prison. Yes things were up and down for Joseph but can I share with you, it was all a part of the plan. For those of us who God communicates with in dreams we have to know that it's a preview, but we have to go through the process to get to the purpose. Friday, I encouraged my group to stay encouraged and not give up. I explained exactly where we are in the process of purpose. I am sure you have felt it, the change in the atmosphere that is because change is taking place and I can assure you the change is going to be a blessing, even though for some it may look dim, don't despise what it looks like this process is getting you ready for your purpose. You lost the job, God has a better one, you lost a love one, God knew best, your finances are in a mess, God has that too. They left you, set you up, slandered your name, tried to make others think you had lost your mind. Well count it all joy, because if they knew where God was taking you, they'd loose their minds. In fact they will soon see as long as you keep walking in the assignment of your process to get to your purpose. I leave you with these points shared by my pastor: Don't loose sight of your dream, don't loose your drive(stay focused),make a decision to do the right thing,don't give up, don't repay evil for evil, and finally let it go (whatever happened after the dream let it go). If you hold on to it, it could cause you to delay getting your blessings, so move on where it's needed, forgive when needed and stay focused. I wish you countless blessings and if you stay focused, you too can end up like Joseph. From the pit to palace, from the palace to prison, from prison to the purpose. Blessings Shon Garner Cole