The narrow place of transition
Chuck Pierce

“God has a time for us to rise up out of the wilderness. But like the wilderness season, the season of transition is another place many of us would love to avoid. In fact, because of this season many people never move into all that God has for them. Yet it is transition that moves us from the wilderness into our restoration. But transition is usually the most difficult of all seasons. Because transition means crossing over to a new place or passing from one condition to another, we often have to travel through a ‘narrow place’ as we venture through the process.

The narrow place is where the paths we are used to walking suddenly become more confined and precarious- much like crossing over a deep ravine on a swinging bridge. During these confining times, we commonly find ourselves under the Lord’s scrutiny. But God always has a purpose. He tests us in the difficult places so He can trust us with new stewardship.…

Transition is, therefore, a time when we must carefully hear what the Lord is saying to us. God has a strategy for you to make it through. He may be shifting you from following a large pillar that fills the horizon to focusing on a small, distant ark. The only way to clearly know His strategy for your particular situation is to spend time with Him...”

Chuck Pierce and Rebecca W. Systema,, Possessing Your Inheritance, Renew, Ventura, California,1999, pages 75-76.

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