God knows something that we often forget. *IF HE GIVES YOU THE BLESSING BEFORE YOUR CHARACTER IS READY, THE BLESSING CAN BECOME A BURDEN!*

TOPIC: *WELCOME TO YOUR WINNING SEASON* 

CIC72: *CELEBRITY IN CHRIST EPISODE 72* 

Most people don't recognise their winning season when it arrives because they expect it to enter with applause.

They expect doors to swing open IMMEDIATELY. They expect everyone who doubted them to suddenly change their minds.

*BUT GOD OFTEN INTRODUCES A WINNING SEASON IN A WAY THAT CONFUSES THE NATURAL MIND*

Before the BREAKTHROUGH comes the PRESSURE!

Before the PROMOTION comes the TESTING!

Before the VICTORY comes the MOMENT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART!

The very resistance you've been experiencing is evidence that your life is approaching a TURNING POINT THAT YOUR ENEMIES NEVER SAW COMING.

The people who WALKED AWAY away thought they were witnessing your decline.

The people who MOCKED YOU thought they were witnessing your ending.

The people who UNDERESTIMATED YOU thought they had already written your story.

 *BUT GOD WAS WRITING A CHAPTER THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT*

And that chapter begins like this ... "CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE ENTERED YOUR WINNING SEASON!"

You must be able to recognise what God is doing before it becomes visible to anyone/everyone else.

This new season of your life CANNOT be managed with the mindset that helped you survive the last one.

Everything that tried to destroy you failed. Every painful season carried a hidden purpose.

 *SO ENTER THIS NEW SEASON WITH CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, WISDOM & UNWAVERING FAITH*

There is a reason the pressure became so intense right before this moment.

There is a reason the attacks seem to multiply when you're already exhausted.

There is a reason why people who once smiled in your face suddenly became *distant, suspicious, critical or hostile.*

 *GOD WAS DOING SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE RUSHED.*

He was building a strength within you that success alone could not produce.

He was teaching you how to stand when nobody applauds.

How to remain faithful when nobody understands.

And how to trust him when every visible sign seems to point in the opposite direction.

 *MANY PEOPLE WANT THE REWARD, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT THE PREPARATION*

They want the HARVEST, but they do not want the season of planting.

They want the TESTIMONY, but they do not want the tests and trials that create it.

Yet God knows something that we often forget. *IF HE GIVES YOU THE BLESSING BEFORE YOUR CHARACTER IS READY, THE BLESSING CAN BECOME A BURDEN!*

If he opens a door before your spirit is mature enough to walk through it, THE OPPORTUNITY CAN DESTROY WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO ELEVATE.

 *THE DELAY WASN'T PUNISHMENT. IT WAS PROTECTION/PREPARATION*

Think about when FEAR tried to convince you that nothing would ever change.

Think about the moments when DISAPPOINTMENTS sat on your shoulders like a heavy weight.

Think about the seasons when you gave your best efforts and received CRITICISM in return.

Think about the times you remained loyal to people who eventually abandoned you.

 *EVERY ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS CARRIED A LESSON* 

Every one of those battles developed something inside you.

You may have LOST certain RELATIONSHIPS, but GAINED discernment.

You may have LOST certain OPPORTUNITIES, but you GAINED wisdom.

You may have LOST comfort, but you GAINED endurance.

 *AND NOW THE VERY THINGS THAT ONCE FELT LIKE LOSSES HAVE BECOME THE TOOLS THAT WILL HELP YOU NAVIGATE YOUR WINNING SEASON!*

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