The body of Christ is large and diverse, as it should be. There are many different parts of the body, what I and others call streams and it is important to find which stream you are called to. It’s easy to see streams as denominations and that can be part of it but there is also the prophetic stream, word of faith, holiness, charismatic and many more.

The truth is there is overlap in many of these streams which I believe is purposed by God because there is much to Him and no one group has a corner on who He is.

1 Corinthians 12:14-20 NKJV “ For in fact the body is not one member but many. ¹⁵ If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? ¹⁸ But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. ¹⁹ And if they were all one member, where would the body be? ²⁰ But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.”

Now it goes on to say one part cannot say to the other part I don’t need you. This is where I have missed it in my own life. Over the years I have tried to be many different parts, I’ve tried to be in more than one stream. I grew up Pentecostal, found word of faith, charismatic reformed theology, back to word of faith, holiness, charismatic-Jewish roots and now I have finally found my place in the Church of God and in the revival/healing stream.

While we all need each other I do believe we each have a place where we fit and when we try to be fully in more than one stream we cause confusion to our own function in the body.

Each of us have our place and when we find that place and quit jumping from stream to stream we can begin to fully walk in our calling and receive everything that God has for us.

I am grateful for everything I’ve learned on my journey but if I can help one person not take the same amount of time I did and find their place sooner that would make me very happy.

If you’re reading this and you have found yourself wondering throughout the Church trying to find your place, I encourage you to take some time and get still and quiet before God and ask what your call is and which place is yours. When you find it immerse yourself in it and walk in truth.

When it comes to recognizing your stream the only advice I could give is what message makes your heart come alive, what speakers truly stir your heart? That is the stream you are called to.

I learned much from other speakers, books and conferences but those never felt like home to me. I always felt more at home listening and reading things on healing and a continual move of God. In my journey there have been various streams I thought were home but in the end my heart, my vision, and my call is to see people meet and grow in Jesus in a continual state of “revival”.

None of these other movements are wrong, neither are the speakers or books, it just wasn’t my place.

Exodus 23:20-25 AMP is a very interesting portion of scripture. “Behold, I am going to send an Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. ²¹ Be on your guard before Him, listen to and obey His voice; do not be rebellious toward Him or provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgression, since My Name (authority) is in Him. ²² But if you will indeed listen to and truly obey His voice and do everything that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. ²³ When My Angel goes before you and brings you to [the land of] the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, I will reject them and completely destroy them. ²⁴ You shall not bow down to worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do [anything] in accordance with their practices. You shall completely overthrow them and break down their [sacred] pillars and images [of pagan worship]. ²⁵ You shall serve [only] the Lord your God, and He shall bless your bread and water. I will also remove sickness from among you.”

Yes, this passage is about Israel and it applies for us as well. The Lord will make sure each of us gets to the place He has prepared for us and as long as we obey instruction we will get there and nothing will be able to stop us. When we follow the instruction we will be blessed and sickness will be removed from our midst.

The enemy would like nothing better than to make sure we don’t find our place so that we cant walk in God’s plan for our life. I believe the reason why I have gone to so many other parts of the body is because the enemy wanted to lead me away from God’s plan and he knew the only way he could do that is by showing me other streams. When I embraced my place a couple weeks ago the enemy came against me in ways of intimidation he never has before but as believers we have victory over every attack!

I know now that I have fully accepted my place the plan of God can fully begin to take place in my life.

Could it be the reason many believers are not prospering is simply because we are not in the stream we are called to be in?

Find your place and receive everything God has for you. Find your place and watch the hindrances against you begin to fall so that you may fulfill your destiny.

Isaiah 43:14-21 NASB “Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, “For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice. 15 “I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.” 16 Thus says the LORD, Who makes a way through the sea And a path through the mighty waters, 17 Who brings forth the chariot and the horse, The army and the mighty man (They will lie down together and not rise again; They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick):
18 “Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. 19 “Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. 20 “The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people. 21 “The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.”

 
In The Message, verses eighteen and nineteen read, “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out don’t you see it? there it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.”

 
Everything in our lives had lead each of us to the place where we are now. Part of our path has been directed by God, and that crazy off road, in the woods path, that was us. Each part of the path has gotten us to the present though, and this is where Father is saying, I am doing something new.

 
It’s hard when God says He’s doing something new because that means change. Sometimes change means some friends and acquaintances have to leave our lives. Sometimes we change locations, we change mindsets. But it seems most of us have a hard time when we know Holy Spirit is saying we have to change a teaching we have believed.

 
We are a little over a month away from Passover. Passover is a season of change. Israel went from slavery to freedom. In the weeks leading up to Passover many of us are being prepared to make a shift. In recent weeks the Lord has personally and through friends shown me some error in teachings I have followed. It is hard to let go of things.

 
My Pastor brought out an interesting point this past Sunday from Joshua chapter five. When the Israelites found the corn and cooked it from that point on there was no more manna. Manna was from God but there came a time when Israel had to trade one God thing for another.

 
I believe we are in a season of the entire body coming to a new level, the only ones that will transition are the ones who are willing to let things go. I believe in eating the meat and spitting out the bones. That being said, if the bones ratio is bigger we are better off foregoing that particular meal.

 
In this time of preparing ourselves for what God has begun to do, it’s time for us to receive the new thing. For many of us that includes laying down certain teachings, stopping certain relationships and developing new ones.

 
I would encourage everyone reading this to set aside time to seek the Lord and ask Him to show you anything you need to let go of to move forward. Some things may not be easy to let go of but in order to move forward in God we have to let go of the past season to grab hold of the new one.

 
I pray that as you seek Him your eyes, ears and heart will be open to see and receive hard things, to have courage to throw off past hurts, past thinking and anything that hinders your progress.

 
The old generation who couldn’t get Egypt out of them had to die off before the children of Israel could inherit the promise land. Don’t be one to leave Egypt locally but maintain residence there spiritually and mentally.

In this video I will introduce the reality of sonship bliss. Romans 8:15 (AMP) “For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!”