From Refinement to Assignment
The spiritual shift that happens when God moves us out of the fire of refinement and releases us into our Kingdom assignments.
Happy September everybody! Let’s walk into this new season with boldness and expectation.
When I first came to God, I was broken and needed saving. I didn’t know what a relationship with God was going to look like but it felt like I was on this journey of healing and transformation. I had just left a toxic relationship and all of my brokenness spilled out into the pages of my journals and all of my bible lessons were on rediscovering my identity after heartbreak, rejection, and years of toxicity.
It felt like my whole life was one big season of refinement. Constant fasting. Deep deliverance. Wrestling with my mental and emotional health. Breaking cycles. Calling out demons. Surrendering habits I didn’t even realize were keeping me bound.
That season was necessary.
It was God cleansing, healing, and shaping me. It was me being introduced to a savior I didn’t know I needed. It was a season of discovering the life of Jesus and adopting his teachings. I learned so many things the bible teaches us about shaping our character and learning to be loving and kind even to those who aren’t.
But now, I’ve noticed a shift.
My time with God looks different. The prayers aren’t always about breaking strongholds or asking for inner healing. Instead, the intimacy now revolves around my assignment. He’s reminding me of scriptures I’ve learned years ago, months ago that now apply to my current reality. I’m being given a chance to apply the very things that I learned in my season of refinement.
I’m learning how to treat others who come against me, how to exhibit leadership qualities, and how to act and behave and display Godly characteristics while being in places and spaces He leads me to.
God is releasing me into purpose, and our conversations have been about strategy, alignment, and impact. At first, I didn’t even recognize this shift. I got so used to the fire of refinement that I didn’t realize God was saying, “Now, it’s time to build.”
I believe many Christians are in this same place. You’ve been refined, stretched, and purified. And now you’re sensing the Lord nudging you out of the wilderness and into your assignment. It feels unfamiliar, but it’s the natural progression of your relationship with Him.
It feels weird not to be casting out demons, fasting every single day, and calling heaven down for things to move and shift on my behalf. It feels odd to wake up in the morning with business ideas when previously, I was being prompted to pray about healing or pray for someone else’s. It feels outside of God’s will because it’s different.
My relationship with God has taught me that not every season is going to be centered around my brokenness. My prayers are not always going to be to pray for the nations or pray for others to come to know Jesus Christ. Some seasons are going to be about building the business and that’s okay. Some prayers are going to be about receiving breakthrough and favor on a business deal. And that’s okay too!
The resistance that you may be feeling is a normal response especially if you’re used to being in fight or flight mode. I believe this season is a season of exhibiting and expressing our wisdom. What we’ve learned in refinement is being brought to the forefront as we operate in our assignments. What we fasted for is now being revealed in real time. What we went to war for is now an avenue of peace as we come into alignment with where God is leading us.
➡️ Refinement prepared you.
➡️ Assignment positions you.
Don’t resist the shift. Lean into it. Your intimacy with God will always remain, but now it’s about stewarding what He’s given you and walking boldly in the work He’s called you to do. I know it feels different but maybe this is the season where you walk into purpose with ease without expecting to be harshly attacked by the enemy.
Maybe this is the season where the enemy isn’t going to catch you off guard anymore….because of the refinement you’ve experienced.
Whew!
Relax and know that God is still with us even when he’s not refining us. Trust that you’re still useful to God even when you’re not constantly praying and fasting and declaring victory over the enemy.
He’s with us in our season of walking into our assignment, it’s just…different.
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