As anyone who has undertaken a major home remodeling project will attest–the “demo” phase is messy and ugly. (This, no matter how fun Chip Gaines makes “demo” look on TV.) It’s messy and chaotic, but absolutely necessary if something better, upgraded, and improved is going arise.

I’m not exceptionally “prophetic” but I do try to keep my spiritual ears attuned to what the Spirit is saying to me. And back in July, I told the folks on my email list that I believed we—God’s people individually, His Church, and His churches—had entered a season “accelerated transition.” (By the way, if you’re not on my email list, you can remedy that be registering on the home page.)

In the handful of months since, I’ve seen that observation validated in my own life in the cases of many churches and ministries I have connections to . . . and believe me, I have connections to a LOT of churches and ministries. There is a lot of “demo” going on right now. And it feels messy and ugly and chaotic and can feel like things will never look pretty and orderly ever again. But they will.

They will because God has a pen in His hand and isn’t finished writing our chapters. And Jesus, the Head of His Church is:

. . . at [God’s] right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Ephesians 1:20-23 TPT

The “demo” phase is part of a process of creative destruction. And I believe this season of a “accelerated transition” also is bringing with it big, long, disruptive season of creative destruction—for individuals, businesses, ministries, and churches.

These disruptions and revelations are NOT “the devil.” They are NOT the enemy persecuting the Church. They are God, refining, restructuring, and rebuilding HIS Church and HIS world.

Some big entities are being “demo-ed” right now (“some,” not all). And here’s the thing. As I told a friend today, “I don’t know details in most of these cases. But I do know that the bigger and wealthier any enterprise gets the more incentives the key stakeholders have to keep the party going . . . no matter what.”

And some of these enterprises are very, very big.

And to another friend this week I texted:

“Spiritually, it is ‘pride’ and a sense ‘ownership entitlement’ that are the enemies here, not {person’s name}. God’s not having it any longer. But something wonderful is waiting on the other side of this season. Something glorious.”

This is not “judgment beginning with the house of God.” This is loving redemptive remodeling. Yes, the “demo” phase has begun. But something much better is coming. And that is God’s end game, because being redemptive lies at the very core of who He is.

My encouragement is this. Be on the side of building what God envisions. Not on the side of what has been. Pride, arrogance, entitlement are getting ripped out to the studs. The Master Architect has something much healthier in His plans.