Stephanie Ike - Embrace the Shift

We are in twenty twenty two, and it's so beautiful because every time we step into a new season, we step into a new period of time, there is something that God is saying, There's something that God is doing, and we are coming into alignment with Heaven. And I'm really excited for this what this year represents. You know, even as I've been sitting with the Lord and just praying about God, what are you speaking into our lives concerning this year? There are a couple things that He began to show me, you know, that I really just want to share with you. I know, sometimes, you know, at the start of a year, we start reminiscing about twenty twenty one and all the amazing things that happened. You know, twenty twenty one left us with a lot of beautiful stories and for some, you know, you may have lost some loved ones. But I just want to encourage you that the Lord is with you and he will bring comfort to all those who mourn. But I want us to focus right now on the present, this present moment that we are in, this present season that you're in in twenty twenty two. Now, one of the things that the Lord has been speaking to me is that we are in a season where we have to embrace the shift. You know, when we think about the previous years and we think about you know, going through a pandemic and all of that, by default, we had. To experience everything shifting. Right. We started hearing words like pivot. You know, every leadership class talked about pivoting. You know, this is the time to pivot because by default we had to adjust to a new normal. But the beauty of God, and what I'm learning about God, is that when God, before God prepares you for an assignment, for something new that He is doing, he prepares your environment. Right when we go back into the book of Genesis, before man was created, God created the heavens and the earth. He made a place for man before he put man in the garden. And so when you see the world shifting around you, when you see culture changing, when you look around you and you feel like you're forced into a shift in your environment, the real question to start asking is that what does this mean to my world? What does this mean in my home? What is God doing in my life? Because before he announces the shift that is going to take place in your life, he begins to shiftings around you. He begins to shift culture and. Environment because the environment has to prepared for what He's going to do in and through you. And so that is why we see things like in scripture when it says all creation eagerly awaits the revealing of the sons of God. And this is not you know, this does not relate to gender. This relates to inheritance. All creation eagerly awaits of the children of the heirs of God, of the heirs of the kingdom. But what I love about that is that all creation is waiting for you to be revealed. Something has already been made, and they're a waiting. We are here waiting for your command. We are here waiting for your reveal. We are here waiting for you to take dominion because we were created for this. We were created for what God put in you. And so now we have gone through a process, a season of being forced into a cultural shift, being forced into switching our norms. But God is about to do a shift in you. And this is the word he told me to tell you, and brace the shift. Now, when we talk about a shift, a shift speaks to many things. But I'm gonna highlight three key things and I'm gonna really press into it. The first thing is a change in position, and then the second thing is to assume responsibility, and the third to go through a change. And when I say go through a change, I'm gonna be speaking about your identity. To go through a change in your I am? Who do you say that you are? We see Jesus with even acts disciples. You know who they say that I am? And who do you guys say that I am? Because he wanted to see if it aligns with what Jesus already knew about himself. He was not asking his disciples who do you say I am? For them to give him some insight to his identity. You see, for many of you, your I am has been shaped by what others have said about you. And you're coming into a season where your I am would be shaped by the word of God that comes to you. But these are three areas that we're going to talk about a shift. Now, when I talk about a shift in position, you know a lot of times what God does with me when we are entering a new season is that he begins to reveal to me a person from the Bible, and something about their life would represent the type of season that we are entering, right. You see, people are not just people. People are doors, people are keys, people are they represent mantles, they represent assignment. That is why even on the dark side we see how there was a woman named Jezebel in the Bible. But then all the way in Revelation we start seeing things about the spirit of Jezebel. We're like, wait, is it the same Jezebel, Because that Jezebel was in the Old Testament? How did she make her way into the New Testament? Because it's not just about a person. It was about the assignment that they carried. It was about the mantles that they carried for good and for evil. Right, And so when the Lord begins to highlight to me certain key individuals in the Bible, he's revealing to me the type of mantles that are about to fall, the type of assignments that are coming, the changes that are coming. And in regards to this year, he started speaking to me about David. You see, one of the things that I love about David when we talk about a shift, that change in position. You know, David was someone who was anointed to be king even though there was a current king at the moment saw God was about your shift authority. God was about to shift power. You're gonna start experiencing there's gonna be a shift in your position. God is getting ready to promote and exalt many of his people because what God has been looking for is those that are faithful towards him, those hearts that are loyal towards him. Because you see, we're gonna enter a season where your obedience cannot be compromised. We're gonna enter a season that what God wants to do, that he is after those whose hearts are loyal towards him. Because there is what Heaven has announced concerning this year, concerning this season that we have entered. And God is gonna say, who shall I send? And it is your heart that has spoken for you that God here I am send me. Because what God wants to execute, he needs people that will be faithful and that will build according to the pattern that He will show them. You see, obedience is not just this. Obedience is not a word that can be compromised. Can you if Noah compromised on the assignment. God told a man named Noah, he said, you know, concerning the ark, He said, build it according to the pattern that I will show you. It is imperative you build it in the manner that I will show you. In order for this plans to be executed. There are certain things that God has already is. It has already been ordered, It's already been decreed. They had. The world has gone for. There are certain key things that must happen in this season, and the Lord is saying, you know what, I'm gonna find the person whose hearts are loyal towards me. And the Lord has been showing me many of you that have been faithful to the Lord, even in the dark, even when it was breaking you, you have remained faithful. And he said you served in the dark. You did things in the dark, But I'm gonna exalt you in the lights. You see, David represented a shift in power, a shift and authority, a shift and influence, and we're gonna see many on dogs rising in this season. You thought you were just the underdog, and God said, no, I was preparing you for the now. I just had to prepare the environment for you. God has prepared you in the secret place. We are coming into a time that it is gonna be the rise of the underdog, and the underdog means you're not gonna look the part, You're not gonna sound a part. But it is God that is gonna open the door before you. He says, I have seen that you are faithful, and I'm gonna open doors for you, even when the world says no, because the Lord is the one who rules above all, and when he opens the door, no one can shut it. The only thing that can stop it is if you decide to not walk in. This is gonna be a season where God is shifting power and authority, and He's gonna shift it to people that have been hidden, that have been in preparation, that have been stepfast, that have been faithful, and you have to embrace the shift. Embrace the shift. You know. Recently I had a dream and in this dream, the Lord was talking to me about this season that we have entered. And in the dream, we were driving. I was driving with some people and we were going there was a particular street. This was like seven It felt like it was like seven. Eight am in the morning, right, and all of a sudden, the streets are crowded. It's so many people not in cars, they are standing in the street and in the dream, and at first I was everyone in the dream and myself, we were a little panic, the people in the car, because we were like, hey, you know, this is La. You know, there's been a lot of crazy things going on in La. In the natural, there's been a lot of crazy things going on in La. And in the dream I had that understanding, and I'm like, man, this you know, because the people looked it was a very colorful bunch of people. Some people looked like, you know, like criminals. I mean you could see that people. You had a knowledge. You know how in dreams you can see a person and you already have a knowledge of who they are. And so in the dreams there were people that we saw and we had a knowledge of the things that they have done, you know, the stains in their life and all the mess that has happened. And so the people in the car were we were afraid, like what is happening here? And all of a sudden that fear turned into a calm and a peace. And in the dream I could sense the Holy Spirit say get out of the car and actually walk towards what is going on. I want to show you something, And all of a sudden I realized that way God is actually in this. God wants to show me what is going on. And so I tell the people. I'm like, hey, get out of the car. Let let's actually go and see what is happening. Because we're looking from a distance. We need to get up close to really understand why are all these people gathered here. And as we got out of the car, we began to walk closer. The people that were known to be criminals, there are people that were homeless, the people that have been rejected by society. These people were praying for people and many were falling under the anointing of God. Many were being healed, many were being revived. There were incredible things that were happening. People were speaking in their heavenly language. It was a beauty. And then the Lord began to speak to me and he said, revival is here and it would come through the most unlikely people. And I was like, oh my gosh. Because you see the promise of the Lord is that his spirit will fall on all flesh. His spirit will fall on all flesh and the beauty in God because when we came into relationship with Jesus, we took off the robe of our righteousness and put up the robe of Christ's righteousness, because the Bible said is that your righteousness is like filthy rags. Our lives are so colorful that we can't go before God and try to present our good deeds to him. It is like filthy rags. But when we came in Christ, we took on the righteousness of Jesus. This is the beauty of salvation that when God looks at us, it is as if He is looking at us through the blood of Jesus. That is actually what is happening. God is not looking at you for any mistakes or your past. The enemy tries to use your past against you, but God says, I don't even look at that. I look at you from the place of identity from who I've called you to be. I'm not looking at the things you did in ignorance. And the Lord began to show me the underdogs are rising because even though you may have a colorful past, your heart is that God I'm here, here, I am send me, and you're gonna have confidence in God in this season to know that it is not about what man, the credit or discredit of man, It is the pointing of God that will cause you to stand out, and the very people that even rejected you, the communities that rejected you, would run to you and say, you know what, I don't know who you are, but I know the God you serve is powerful and I want to know him. There will be honor that will be restored to your name because of how God is going to work through your life. And so David represents a shift of power and authority. David represents the rising of the underdog. And David also represents the revealing of the faithful. Like I said, you've been faithful in the dark, and God said, I'm about to bring you out in the light. You see, David was a man, and many of you might know this story. David would fought with a lion and a bear to protect his father's sheep. And when you read the story between David's relationship with his father, there was some tension there. It is safe to assume that David was rejected by his own family. Yet David put his life at risk for sheep. He was faithful in the secret place. Many of you people don't even know the extent to which you serve. People don't even know the extent to which you pour out. But God sees it. God knows your faithfulness, and he said, this is gonna be a season that your faithfulness will be revealed through the way God is going to raise you up. You see, there was a certain scripture that the Lord just put on my heart to declare before you. And this is in Revelation three, from verse seven to eight. And this is a this is a this is six of This is the sixth of seven letters that Jesus instructed to be written to this, you know, key seven churches. And I believe that in the wisdom of God he highlighted these seven churches because you know, the uniqueness of what was going on in those churches really speaks to us as the church, right, it speaks to the whole body. If we can take on the lessons and we can take on the words of Jesus to these seven churches, that it would really bring us into alignment with who God has called us to be as the church. Because you see, one of the things that the church represents is God's people. And so for the sake of this teacher and even where they have church, I'm gonna say, people, So this was a letter written to the faithful people. And there are two verses that the Lord just put on my heart to declare before you. And it starts by saying, and to the Angel of the people in Philadelphia. Now this is not in Philadelphia in America, but just to the faithful people a right, if you're faithful, even if you are in Kenya, you are in Philadelphia, all right. But it says, and to the Angel of the people in Philadelphia, right the words of the Holy One, the true One, who has the key of David, who opens and know no one can shut, and who shut and no one can open. I know your works. Isn't that beautiful that God says? Look, everything you've done in tears, everything you've done in pain, everything you did when you're wondering, God, where are you, he says, I know your works. I am intimately aware of your sacrifice. I am intimately aware of the things you have said no to, even when there was no option in front of you. I am intimately aware of what you have rejected because you wanted to honor my name. I am aware of the deals you did not sign because you wanted to honor my promise to you. I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and you have not denied my name. There's so much I want to just unpack in this, but you see, it's i' partant for me to first note that this is the letter. To the sixth Church. One of the things that we will see in the Bible is that there is a pattern with numbers when it comes to the Lord. It is not the way culture represents angel numbers. No, we don't worship numbers and we don't see numbers and pray to angels. No, there's a pattern with numbers that point us back to Jehovah. Right, this is the letter to the sixth Church, and we are currently in the year twenty twenty two. When you add up those numbers, it is the number six. Biblically, six is the number of man, because on the sixth day God created male and female. God created man. Now, there's a scripture that I love, and I want you to write this down. It is First Corinthians two seven. You may have heard me use the scripture before, but this is what it says. Right. The apostle Paul is speaking, he says, but we speak the wisdom of God in the mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordain before the ages, for our glory. The Lord began to show me that in this year, which is gonna really point to what may look like the year of man, but it is the year that God would would glorify your name. That God is gonna put glory on you. Because there are some things that are hidden in Christ, but it is revealed to you for your glory, and because you are one whose heart is already sold out to Jesus, the Lord glorifying you would ultimately still bring glory back to him. But there is gonna be glory that God is gonna put on you. He's gonna cause you to stand out. He's gonna elevate you. He's gonna put you in spaces and in rooms that you are the only one that looks like you, but you will be the one that would have an oncomer favor on your life. This is when God puts glory on you. We are in this year that God is gonna reveal you see one of the things that we're gonna see. We're gonna see a very powerful move of the supernatural. In this year, we're gonna see a powerful move through the men and women of God because God is gonna confirm that these are my servants. You see, when the Bible talks about signs and wonders, it is beautiful because you know, some people think that signs and wonders is entertainment, but to some degree is divine entertainment. Because the Lord is gonna capture your attention to say, no, those are my servants, those are my children. I have put my anointing on them. But it is to capture your attention to ultimately point you back to Jesus. And we are gonna see a shift even when it comes to where we are running to when it in regards to our health. We're gonna see that we're gonna start looking for men and women of God because the Lord says, I am gonna confirm that my who my servant is, and you're gonna begin to see on usual miracles that are gonna happen. God is gonna put his glowy on you. You see, there are men and women of God that when we think about in the days of old, you would feel like being in their presence was being in the presence of Jesus, because where they were the Lord was, there was such an intimacy in how they walked. Even there were people. There were prophets like the prophet Samuel, and it was said of him that none of his words fell to the ground. Do you know what that means? That the moment Prophet Samuel will begin to decree a thing, the Lord will say the angels go and go after his words as if they were mine. That is why you would have a prophet like that, the man Elisha. And when there was opposition against him, all Elisha had to do he asked for the Lord to blind everyone who came against him, and instantly they were blinded. The lords that I'm confirming who my servants are. That is why even Elijah when there was the showdown on Mount Carmel, and he said when he was talking about let the fire fall, all. Elijah had to do. He said, God, confirm that I am your servant. You see, this is gonna be a beautiful year. And you have to move in boldness. That is why you have to embrace a shift in position, because God is calling you to be the head. He's calling you to truly. Be an ambassador he says, you have been you have been hidden. I have been preparing you in the hidden place. But now that I'm gonna elevate you, I need you to not back down. I need you to represent my name and declare it with all boldness, because I'm gonna put glory on you. I'm going to glorify the men and women that are truly called according to my name. And so when you pray, you're gonna pray bold prayers. When you pray, you're gonna pray like you know that you are a right You're standing in right standing with God, because again, it is the righteousness of God that covers you. You're gonna pray knowing that Lord, when I speak, I know that you answer me. When I speak, I know that you hear me. It's gonna be beautiful family. And so the glory of Man, we're gonna see that right. And what this is also gonna speak to. It's gonna reveal the mystery of faithfulness. It's gonna reveal the mystery. Of obedience, because faithfulness and obedience speaks to the posture of humility. For me to stay consistent in what the Lord has put on my heart, for me to stay consistent in being faithful and obedient to the voice of God. That means I have humbled myself before God. That means I have not put my pride before him. I have said, God, I surrender whatever and however you want to use me. And God is gonna reveal through your life that he exalts the humble, but he reject the proud. And because of your posture of obedience, it has seemed that for many years it has been on fruitful and the Lord the whole time. The Lord said, I know your works. I have seen everything that you have done, and I'm going to reveal through your life that there is a rewards attached to obedience. There are blessings connected to obedience that the Lord exalts the humble. And all you have to do, family, is to embrace the shift. You have to embrace the reality that you are not just this hidden shepherd. But God is calling you to have dominion, and God is calling you to rule and represent him in that way. And when I'm saying this, I'm not just speaking about people in ministry. You would be in board meetings and you would start to see people catching the Holy Spirit. You would be in the even I'm seeing people. Even on a set, you're getting ready, you're preparing your lines, the script of the you know, the script supervisor is there. Everybody's on set, and all of a sudden, someone is telling you that they have this pain in their body. And all you're gonna. Say is that, hey, before we before we actually you know, start taping, can I pray for you? God has his people everywhere, and he's gonna we're gonna see some new faces rise and influence in every sector. All you're gonna say is that, hey, can I can I pray for you? And you will pray for. Them, and you will see the miraculous happen, and people will start wondering who is this person? Signs and wonders are gonna confirm that you indeed are servants of the Lord, That you're servant of the Lord, and government, that you're a servant of the Lord. In the medical field, that you're a servant of the Lord. In the arts and creative field, that you're servant of the Lord, even in education, that you're servant of the Lord. In film, you're a servant of the Lord. Even as you carry your camera and you're going into places, you thought you were going to shoot a wedding. You thought you were going to just film a project. But God said, no, I've sent you as a servant, and as you are faithful, you will see how the Lord is going to exalt you in ways beyond your understanding. Now, the scripture talks about the Key of David. We've been talking about David, the Key of David. Why is this called the Key of David. Why wasn't it called you know, the Key of Abraham, you know, the Key of Moses, right, the Key of Joseph, you know anybody else? Why is it called the Key of David. You see, one of the things I said earlier is that people are not just people. People are doors, people are keys. David represented a key because in David's lifetime, the Lord gave him a promise. There was a covenant that God made with him. And I want you, if you're taking notes, write this down Second Samuel seven point sixteen. There was a covenant that God made with David, and he said this, and your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever. And the fulfillment of that promise was the Lord Jesus, the reign of the Lord Jesus. And so the Lord Jesus can say the Key of David because he fulfilled a promise that had to do with leadership and rulership for eternity. And so because Jesus rules, he can open a door for you that no one can shut. Because the places that he needs to open doors, you felt like opposition only came from people. Opposition came from principalities and powers. That is why the apostle Paul will say, we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness, against principalities and powers. And so when Jesus is telling you that I will open up a door for you that no one can shut, the Lord is saying that there is gonna be an announcement that what I'm gonna do in your life, no human being, no principality, no power can take can move you from where I have established you. He's speaking from a place of authority. That is what the Key of David represents is that I opened this door by an authority that is single handedly belongs to the Lord Jesus, and he says no one can shut it. What does this mean, the Lord began to show me that for some of you, he is sending you back to places and regions that caused your deepest pain. He is sending you back to industries that rejected you. You see, for some of you, you had these dreams and you began working on it, and you sold into it. You invested into that dream and it didn't happen the way you thought. You cried, You shed many tears, and you're like, God, I used my savings to pour into this. I tried to build this, and you start questioning in second guessing, could it be that I was really called to this industry? Could it be that you actually called me to do this thing? And the Lord said, you see, when you went you try, you opened that door by your own strength. But this time that I'm gonna send you back. I am the one opening the door before you, and no one can shut it. You see, We're gonna see what it means for the rejected stone to become the corner stone in the lives of many that the places that rejected you. God says, you know what I've called you to have leadership there? The corner stone is a principal stone. It is a key stone. Without it, you can't really build the property. You can't build a building. The Lord said, for what needs to be established for their good, you are called to be the corner stone. And so do not reject the assignment, because the assignment will look like Wait, god, I mean this didn't work out the last time. And he said, the last time, it was done in your strength. It was done in the strength of your relationships. It was done in the strength of your finances. It was done in the strength of the promises of man. You did it because people promised you that if you do this, I got your back. If you do this, I'm gonna send it to the right people. If you do this, man, I got the investor for you. You did it in the strength of the flesh, and the Lord says, but now it's gonna be done by the authority of the Lord. I'm gonna be the one to open the door that no one can shut. And there are some doors that needs to be shut that I will shut a door that no one can open. And what you have to do is also to align yourself with the Lord. Because when Sitan wants to come and accuse you, he's known as the accuser. Of the brethren, but he has no grounds because of the blood of Jesus and the accusation and the natural looks like guilt, shame, unworthiness, and secure it when you start wondering, oh my gosh, now I'm remembering, I'm remembering the trauma of what felt like failure. And the Lord says, don't bring that into the now, because I am opening I am opening that door. So I'm gonna send you back. I see many people being called back to cities that they ran away from because of the pain and the trauma of that city. He says, I'm gonna send you back. I see people being sent back to places and industries that you were like. You felt like people made fun of you, You felt like your name was tarnished. The Lord says, I'm gonna send you back because I'm going to establish you. I'm gonna put a crown on your head. I'm gonna put a favor upon you. And I want you to actually read the entirety of this letter to the faithful people, because even in that letter there's a part where the Lord says, do not let anyone take your crown from you. You do not let the words of the enemy deceive you to take off your crown. I have crowned you. Embrace it. Embrace the shift. Embrace the shift, Embrace the shift. Hallelujah. You see another thing about embracing the shift. A shift means to assume responsibility. To assume responsibility. One of the things the Lord said to me is that do not fear the open doors. Run towards it. Now you might be wondering why would anyone fear an open door, Because open doors don't always look fancy. Sometimes they look like opposition in obstacles. You see, when we think about Goliath and in regards to David, Goliath might have looked like an opposition. He would have looked like an obstacle. But Goliath was an open door. Goliath was a door set before David to bring him into prominence. Goliath was not an obstacle. He was an open door. Do not run away from the open doors like David, run towards it. You see, David's life was very prophetic. When David met Goliath, David, Goliath was as tall as who knows what right, But David did not look at him and feel intimid dated. David said, oh, you are my open door. He ran towards him. He did not hide somewhere trying to position himself with his stones and his sledge. He said, you know what, I'm gonna take off your head. I am gonna run towards you. And he did exactly what he spoke. Where you see an obstacle, see an open door, Where you see a challenge, see an open door. Because you have been anointed to solve problems. You have been anointed to take down the enemy. You have been anointed for the issues that are plague in others and to you. You already know that there is a promise. Of God on your life that would assist you in solving the problem. So you have to assume responsibility. You have to assume responsibility. What are the areas that everybody has put their hands up on. What are the cities and the regions that people have said ah no. Who are the people that people have forgotten about? What are the stories that need to be told? For some of you in the creative fields, what are the stories that need to be told? What are the sounds that needs to be released, what needs to be out there in the world. Assume responsibility. That is also what it means to shift right. And lastly, to shift is to go through a change. Now in the beginning I talked about this is not just any kind of random change. I'm talking about a change of your identity, a change of your I am. You See, there is a story that the Lord highlighted to me in this regard, and it's a story of a boy named Mephibo Chef. I believe that's how his name is. We're gonna call him MEPhI, Okay, because it's about the story, not the name. So I'm gonna give him a nickname. We're gonna call him MEPhI. So MEPhI was the son of Jonathan Jonathan and was the son of Saul, who was the king at the time when David was anointed. Jonathan and David had this beautiful covenant relationship. And I will go into covenant another time, but they had this beautiful covenant relationship where they made a covenant with one another and David knew, and a covenant in simple terms, I mean, in the simplest way you can think of it like a promise, a promise that is made, a promise that you were bound to right and David, even when Jonathan died and Saul died. In the family, you know, everybody died. David still knew that he had a covenant to Jonathan and everything connected to him, and so in Second Someone nine, I want you to, you know, write that down and actually read that whole chapter in your free time. In Second Someone nine, it starts off when David said, is there is there still anyone who is left of the House of Saul that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake. David understood that there was a promise I made with Jonathan. There was a covenant I had with Jonathan and I have and I'm bound to fulfill that covenant. I'm bound to fulfill that promise. And he said, is there anyone that is connected to Jonathan that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? And then he finds out that Jonathan has a son who is lame in his feet, and that was MEPhI. MEPhI lived in a town named load de Bar. This is very important. I want you to just write down Load the Bar and we're going to go back to it. He lived in a town Lodebar, and David sent for him. David said, you know what, bring Mephibo Chad, you know MEPhI before me. And this is fascinating. When MEPhI comes to David, he bowls himself before David. This is in verse eight, and he says to David, what is your servant that you should look upon such a dead dog as I? This is this is fascinating stuff. He he's not Dave. Nobody called him a dead dog. MEPhI has embraced this identity of a dead dog because in his mind it is the words of everyone that has defined him. He is laying in his feet, his his his whole family has been executed. There is a new king in charge that has no connection to his family that it was not. That's not his uncle or anything like that. And in regards to blood and so perhaps people have called him that. They said, you know what, Mefi, you are as good as a dead dog. Who do you have to turn to? Who is going to help you? The words of people now shaped his identity and perspective of himself. But David said to him, he said, do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather, and you shall eat bread at my table. You see, Mefi did not even realize that there was an inheritance available to him. He did not realize that even though he was no longer connected by blood to the royal family, he was still royalty. He did not realize that he doesn't have to live life like a dead dog, that he could live like a prince. But you see, where he was located tells us everything we need to know. Like I said earlier, your environment, what happens in your environment always mirrors what is happening in your life. MEPhI lived in a town named Lo the bar. Load the bar. When you break down that the Hebrew word, it actually means no word. This is a place that has no word, no revelation. He lived as a dead dog because he did not have a revelation of who he actually was. And the Lord is saying that in this season you have to embrace a change of your I am, because just like word came to MEPhI, God's word is going. To come to you. You see, I saw many people who have lived a life where they of what would seem like mediocrity. You embraced less. You settled for less because you did not know that you were more. Bishop Jakes has this message that is so powerful, the messages I did not know, I didn't know I was me, And for many that has been your story and your testimony. You had no clue that you were you. And you're not alone in. This because your identity is hidden in Christ and there is a time for revelation. I've experienced this, and even until now, there are many things about me that I've not even come into the understanding of. Even when you look in from a biblical perspective, you look at people like Gideon when the Angel of the Lord encountered him and said, mighty man of Valor. Do you know that? With Gideon? When they're having conversations about him in heaven, they're like, wow, Gideon, look at that mighty man of Valor. And Gideon is somewhere high when they encountered him. Gideon is like, hey, brah, we talked to. Many of you. You have no clue who you are. You thought that your circumstances defined you, and God said, my word is coming to you because you are royalty. You may not have a natural inheritance, but you have a divine inheritance. You have a spiritual inheritance that trumps, and it triumps anything in the natural, because when God wants to open the door, you know, the spiritual would always excel beyond the natural. You see what I mean by this. When Jesus had thousands of people around him and they were all hungry, and they had nowhere to go. In the natural, all they had was two loads of bread and five fish. In the natural that could only feed a little boy, or maybe an adult who was on a diet right or maybe someone who had been fasting and their stomach has shrunk so they don't have that much capacity for food. It was not gonna feed anyone. So when the natural, you might be like God, but I have no natural inheritance. And God is saying, the natural cannot even sustain you. It can't even sustain what I want to do in your life. The natural could not sustain the feeding of over five thousand people, So the supernatural had to kick in. The Lord said, you know what bring me that? You know that fasted person's lunch. And when the Lord, through the supernatural, broke it in his hands, not only did it feed thousands, but you know, God likes to show off. Right, they were leftovers. So you may feel like God, I have no You know what, You've been defining yourself all along. You've been comparing yourself with people. You know the death of comparisons, and God is like, what you are comparing yourself with is insignificant, because that cannot even sustain you. Even if I connected you to what would have brought into your life, a natural inheritance, it would not sustain you. You need the supernatural for what I'm getting ready to do in your life. You need the supernatural favor of God. You need the supernatural provision of God. You need the supernatural hand of God. You see, just a few weeks ago, for anyone and maybe a cryptocurrency, you would know what I'm talking about. There was a glitch in the system. My brother calls me. He says, have you seen ripple? I said, what happened to ripple? He said, oh, it turns up. Then I go check my crypto account. There was this token I had called little Rabbit. I looked at my little Rabbit. That thing said seven points something million. Then I looked at something else. It was just millions and millions flowing in the name of Jesus. I was trying. I said, how do I cash out? Cash out? Cash out? It wasn't working. It was a glitch in the system, right, But that glitch in the system taught me something. It's a Stephanie, get ready, get ready for supernatural streams of provision. I open myself to natural means of doing things, but I get excited for what God wants to do. I get excited when when a business deal is coming on the table and it's a door that God opened for me, because what would be in the contract is not what I naturally deserve. It's not what should naturally come to me. What would be in the contract would be supernatural. Embrace a change of your I am. Stop looking at yourself through the natural lens. Stop calling yourself an orphan. Stop calling yourself the one who was rejected. I see some of you, and you never knew your parents. You are giving up for adoption, and you have allowed that to define your life. You have allowed a spirit of rejection to mark your life. And God said, you know what way they rejected you. I embraced you, and there is nothing as powerful to be in the family of the Kingdom of God. He said, what do you need daughter? What do you need? Son? I got you. Just trust my timing. I'm about to do something that you did not even see coming. If you don't have a natural sense of inheritance, a natural you know connection. You know, people talk about there's a six degrees of you know, for everyone you want to meet in life, there's a six degrees of separation. But then you look in your sol and you're like, God, it's not even looking like a hundred degrees. We just far out. But you know what, in reality, there is one degree. Because when you have God in your life, you have access to anyone and anything at any time, but it would be under his command, not by your doing. You have to trust what God wants to do. There are things that there are times that you know, God will show me someone in a dream and I'm like, oh, that would be dope if we do something with them, But God will send them how they would It's I mean, the stories I could share with you. Let God step in. Start to receive the inheritance that comes through the kingdom. Change yourself from being looked upon as a dead dog to saying I am the righteousness of God. I belong to a Kingdom, Family. I am a son of the Most High God. I am a daughter of the Most High God. No good thing would he withhold from me. If I don't have it, and I have been surrendered, and I have been in this posture of faithfulness obedience, then it's because it is just not time. But you are entering a season that you are going to see some powerful things happen in your life. And all you need to do, family, not all you need to do. You have to continue being faithful, you know all that good stuff, But you need to embrace the shift, embrace what God is going to do. Don't let your past haunt you, don't let the words of others cripple you, and brace the shift.