Pursuing purpose in Christ is not about making your way into circles of influence to rub elbows with those considered influential.
Never striving for greatness, but submitting to Christ through a painful and oftentimes humiliating experience that humbles and refines. A process that empties us to the floor’s bottom, where pearls of wisdom can be found. Like the ocean’s sea bottom, if the water is murky, the gems remain concealed; but through the cleansing, the old dirty water is emptied and replaced with crystal clear rivers of living water.
The greatness is God.
Meanwhile, pursuing our purpose in Christ means humbly submitting to the voice of God that may lead you into unknown territory, placing your life on the line for God’s purpose. This entails refinement and often periods of isolation due to various factors—one being the wicked at heart who despise keen leadership because the light exposes their darkness.
Look at David, who was led into caves to stay protected from Saul (1 Samuel 22:1); and Joseph who spent much unwarranted time in prison for crimes he didn’t commit (Genesis 39:20-23).
His name was smeared because he spoke too soon, and jealous and envious people could see the favor on his life and took it upon themselves to lie about him, which ended in jail time.
But ultimately, Joseph spoke to the wrong people too soon, so we can see that accountability is paramount, and we must also take accountability when we speak naively to people we thought were good but ended up being tyrannical evildoers.
I lived through it. I know.
However, God uses those years of isolation to teach the servants of God.
When our hearts are for Him, men and women like us—Joseph, David, Deborah or Esther, myself—endure these processes to this day while in service to God according to His will—not seeking to record every move we make, but wholeheartedly listening to and obeying God, teaching His people with truth and sincerity through the Spirit of God, the Word, anointing, and experience in every area because we lived it.
Scripture References:
1 Samuel 22:1 (NIV):
David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam.”
Genesis 39:20-23 (NIV):
“Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.”
Throughout Scripture, we learn about the hardship, pain, and isolation of the men and women destined to save the people. You never hear God’s Word focus on personal greatness because there is none.
God is great, and the Anointed One is Jesus. In us.
That anointing never boasts of personal greatness but rather reflects the glory of God. His glory is the only reason any one of us gains any type of attention or influence, and it’s a slow, gradual process because, as human beings, too many people have sought the limelight through theatrics for world power. The reason they holler for power day and night is because it’s a show; real power is felt, not heard.
People like Paula White and her entourage have bamboozled world leaders, possibly because of her financial status acquired through corruption under the noses of the naive, and possibly because they are all in on it.
Time will tell.
Remember this: no person called and chosen by God claims greatness or obnoxiously belittles anyone else, slanders or ostracizes them because that is a sign contrary to Christ’s goodness, mirroring Satan’s character—pride, ego, envy, Dishonesty, arrogance, and the fail destruction of all that is holy and good.
The Bible says the gift makes room for those whom God has called and chosen, for an assignment not by putting on a performance, buying pastors lavish gifts, or shedding crocodile tears to the men and women in this nation’s leadership—playing the victim of crimes they perpetrated against the innocent.
Now they are being held accountable openly by Christ’s prophets.
As Proverbs 18:16 (NIV) says, ‘A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.’
However, true greatness comes from Christlike integrity and accountability, not free from sin, but void of manipulation or deceit.
No one is without sin.
I pray that you receive this truth in love and stop chasing false teachers and false prophets who lie to you day and night, believing that coming into agreement with demons through Satan’s vessels will somehow miraculously plunge you into fame, fortune, healing, or prosperity. Do not attempt to receive Satan’s blessing; you may eternally regret it.
Humble yourselves before God, and if you say yes to your calling, know that if you follow the Holy Spirit’s path, the road is narrow, and the process of preparation takes time and diligence—pain, not perfection—which progresses to the raw truth in Christ.
As Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV) reminds us, ‘Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.’
Our loyalty is to Jesus.
God bless us all.
Much love and truth,
Sister Christine ♥️
C. Beach ©️