Five Things We Will Learn
- Why God’s process always includes both calling and breaking before choosing.
- How biblical figures like Joseph, Moses, and David reveal God’s three-step pattern.
- Why the breaking of the flesh is essential for the fulfillment of God’s vision.
- How submission to authority protects us from spiritual deception.
- Why understanding God’s preparation process determines whether we remain “called” or become “chosen.”
The Way God Brings Forth a Vision
God gives a person a vision, then He breaks the person (the flesh), and afterward He brings forth the vision.
Here is a well-matured understanding of the Lord’s way of doing things, which you can verify in Scripture:
- God calls a person.
- God prepares a person.
- God chooses a person.
Many are called, but few are chosen—because they fail to understand the process and submit to preparation. We can have a clear call and yet never arrive at it, simply because we didn’t understand, weren’t willing, or were never taught the ways of God.
You can say it this way: “God gives a person a vision, then He breaks the person (the flesh), and afterward He brings forth the vision.”
Why? Because it’s Him, not us. It’s His dream, not ours. He’s simply inviting us to join Him in the harvest—for Him.
From Vision to Breaking: The Pattern of God
Throughout Scripture, God consistently works through this same divine sequence. He calls a person, breaks them, and then fulfills His vision through them.
Take Joseph, for example. God gave Joseph a vision of leadership and destiny in his youth (Genesis 37). But before that dream could be realized, Joseph was betrayed, enslaved, falsely accused, and imprisoned. Each trial stripped away pride and presumption until only humble dependence remained. Then, in God’s timing, Joseph rose to rule Egypt—not as an ambitious dreamer, but as a broken vessel through whom God could save nations.
Similarly, Moses received his calling at forty, but he wasn’t ready. His first attempt to fulfill the vision in his own strength—by killing an Egyptian—ended in exile. For forty years in the wilderness, God broke Moses of self-reliance and taught him obedience. When he finally stood before Pharaoh, it wasn’t in his own name but in the authority of “I AM THAT I AM.”
Even David followed the same pattern. God called him while he was a shepherd, but David spent years being chased through caves before he ever sat on the throne. The breaking made him a man after God’s own heart.
The Purpose of Breaking
The breaking of the flesh isn’t punishment—it’s preparation. It’s God removing everything in us that would compete with His glory. The call comes easily; the preparation is costly. But those who submit to it discover that the breaking was the very tool God used to build the foundation for lasting fruit.
As Paul wrote, “We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Corinthians 4:7, NIV)
The breaking ensures that when the vision comes to pass, no one—including us—can claim the glory.
Related:
Submitting Under God’s Authority
Know, one attribute of bondage to a Jezebel spirit, a spirit of rebellion, is an unwillingness to join oneself to the body of Christ and to submit under godly authority. Part of our preparation, for each of us, begins with fully joining ourselves and submitting to God’s authority. This is what often prevents those who are called from being chosen, because the preparation takes place under God’s established authority.
Even Jesus—though fully God—submitted to earthly authority, to the Father’s timing, and to suffering itself. “He learned obedience from what He suffered.” (Hebrews 5:8)
True authority in the Kingdom flows from submission, not independence. The moment we resist God’s refining process or reject His appointed covering, we risk aborting the vision before it ever comes to life.
Related:
- Zero Tolerance – The Ahab and Jezebel Spirit: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Get and Stay Free
God’s Way: Promise, Principles, and Fulfillment
Another way to say this is: God gives us a promise, then He teaches us the principles to relate to Him within the promise, and then He brings forth the promise. If we refuse to learn the principles, He will not bring us into the promise. Why? Because He knows He would lose us if He did. When God was preparing to bring Israel into the Promised Land, He warned them, “Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God… when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down” (Deuteronomy 8:11–12, NIV).
- First: The Promise
- Second: The Principle
- Third: The Manifestation of the Promise
He desires relationship and wants to walk with us through our life’s journey—from the moment of the promise, through the principles, and into the manifestation of the promise—all while we remain in right relationship with Him.
Remember, He gave His Son to be in relationship with you; He is not going to give you something that would take you out of relationship with Him.
From Brokenness to Fulfillment
The call may be thrilling, the breaking painful, and the choosing humbling—but this is the only way God fulfills His purpose through us. The Lord cannot pour new wine into old wineskins. He must reshape us for His glory.
So, if you are in the season of breaking, take heart. God hasn’t forgotten you—He’s forming you. The vision is still alive. But when it comes forth, it will be His power, His wisdom, and His glory revealed through your life.