Topic: Understanding Migration
Greetings Sons of God:
When we think of the word migration many times we think to
the Great Migrations of Africa with the animals as they move from place to
place during particular seasons. Many
times they are moving from a place where what is necessary to sustain life at
the time becomes depleted and they migrate to a place where those resources are
available. I bring up the Great
Migration as a backdrop for this entire discussion because so many of us do not
realize that our maturity in Christ is a journey that requires us to
migrate. Our migration is not all
necessarily physical though at times it can be but most of our migration
happens in the mind. The Scriptures
speak of renewing your mind daily that you may be “transformed”. What are we being transformed into? We are being transformed into the likeness of
Christ. Now for this to be a reality you must view salvation as a journey and
simply a one-step process where you get saved and simply wait around for the
return of the Lord. No…. the Scriptures
say this:
Philippians 2:12,13: Wherefore my beloved as ye have always
obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out
your own salvation with fear and trembling .
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.
So Paul emphasizes to the church at Philippi to “work out”
their own salvation. What are we working
out? We are working out to restore the
order of rule within ourselves where the soul comes under the rule of the
spirit where your spirit and the Holy Spirit are one. Second that you are maturing to the likeness
and image of your Heavenly Father that you may represent Him to do His will and
advance His Kingdom. Unfortunately in
the church instead of working out our salvation we tend to relax in our belief
that “we are saved” but yet our actions
and mindset have not changed and we still live according to the ways of the
world. This is extremely dangerous
because Jesus warns of those who call him Lord:
Matthew 7:21-23: Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in
thy name done many wonderful works? And
then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work
iniquity
So when we speak of migration in the spiritual we speak of
growing accurately and progressively and building the House (family) of God
trans-generationally. This the journey
not just individually but also corporately.
In the next message we will take a testimony within the
Scripture and explain the principles required for us to migrate to the fullness
of Christ.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
