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In today's episode we talk about the 3 signs that God is calling you to a higher level.

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Do you sense God calling you to a higher level, but everything in your life says otherwise? Whether you\\u2019ve had a word spoken over you or you just sense the Holy Spirit moving through you, there\\u2019s likely a few shifts that are taking place to prepare you for breakthrough.\\xa0

So, today, I want to talk to you about three signs that God is calling you to a higher level.\\xa0 When God moves you to the next level it frequently comes with the positions of Greater influence and blessings. And before you go getting excited you\\u2019re going to want to be careful that you are prepared for all those blessings. You see God is more concerned with your character than your comfort.


So if you sense that God desires to take you to a higher level, it\\u2019s likely that these three signs are taking place in your life.

#1 \\u2013 He\\u2019s removing people. I hear this one from friends and clients alike. \\u201cI just keep losing friends.\\u201d\\xa0 And it is almost like this desperate loneliness in their voice. And when pressed, they admit that these people actually weren\\u2019t all that great for them and in some cases, they didn\\u2019t even like them. But it was a warm body nonetheless and it stings when these people leave.

So here\\u2019s the thing, 1 Corinthians 15:33 reminds us that \\u201cbad company corrupts good morals.\\u201d God knows the people that are good for you and he knows the ones that are going to be a hindrance to your purpose. You cannot climb to higher levels with God while holding on to a reliance on wrong people. He may remove toxic relationships that you didn\\u2019t have the courage to remove. He may even remove relationships that seemed healthy, but God knows what\\u2019s best. The question is, \\u201cWill you trust him?\\u201d

If however, you are the type who is overly reliant on people toxic or not, God may begin to remove these people from your life since He wants to be your source and this can even refer to things being removed from your life. Oftentimes, we have an unhealthy attachment to things and people, look, God gave us things to have, not things to have us. People will often ask this question in a panic, \\u201cHow much is going to be removed?\\u201d And the answer is, \\u201cI don\\u2019t know how much breakthrough do you want?\\u201d

#2 \\u2013 You\\u2019re being disciplined.\\xa0 Feel like others are getting away with things that are far worse than what you are doing? Feel like God has you on a short leash?\\xa0 It\\u2019s certainly possible my friend and I would encourage you to not focus on what God is doing in others lives, but what he is doing in your life, Hebrews 12:5-6 says \\u201cmy son, do not make light of the Lord\\u2019s discipline and do not lose heart when he rebukes you because the Lord disciplines the one he loves and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.\\u201d\\xa0

And Proverbs 3:12 says, \\u201cfor the Lord\\u2019s disciplines, the one he loves just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.\\u201d \\xa0Look, as hard as it is to believe God\\u2019s discipline is because he loves us and he wants what\\u2019s best for us. He actually wants to take you to a higher level, but can\\u2019t do so with sin, coping mechanisms, and bad behavior otherwise holding you back.

When my daughter was younger I would have to discipline her for not taking care of her chores in the agreed-upon time frame and she would give me attitude and sometimes you just wouldn\\u2019t do the chore at all. And some may consider this typical teenage behavior and perhaps they would say, Awe