Separation is Necessary for Elevation

When a snake advances to different stages of its life, the process of that advancing is the shedding of its skin. The equivalent of that process as humans would be the shedding of environments and people.

The Bible said that when God called Abram, who later became Abraham, God did not ask him how his family was doing, if all was well, etc.

Instead, God first said to remove yourself from your country and kindred. In other words, separate yourself from your environment and those you know.

This may seem somewhat harsh, but this is God’s way of separating the sheep from the goats so that the sheep can hear the Shepard clearly.

One of the initial signs of promotion or elevation to one’s life begins with discord or challenges with those closest to you or the place you are presently at; it seems as if you have either outgrown it or it’s rejecting you for no apparent reason.

In reality, your season has ended for those folks and that place. All that you need from them has been achieved and qualified you for your next life stage.

Bringing them along with you would disrupt this natural growth process specifically designed to elevate you.  

People who are not progressing in life refuse to let go of the people and places that have exhausted their time and purpose. Death is necessary because life gives purpose, and death is the conclusion of purpose.

Anyone who resists this natural growth process welcomes a life of frustration, confusion, and repetition of places and people. Simply put, we must pray for discernment to remove what is unnecessary from our lives. Unfortunately, we risk advancing to the next level of our life by recycling the same old way of doing things by the same people. Let me be clear here when the purpose of a person or place is completed. Recycling people with recycled ideas will guarantee you a recycled, unproductive life!

The chronicles of your life should always read how your experiences (good and bad) with those places and people have made you a solution to someone else’s problem. Those people and places were God’s chisel at that particular time used to carve you into what he’s called you to be. Meaning they were necessary but not permanent.

So, bid farewell, and proceed with the expectation and confidence that better is ahead, awaiting your arrival.

Kevin L A Ewing

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