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"The Cocoon! Your Divine Dressing Room with a New Wardrobe"


Jodie Hughes
Apr 28, 2020

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Transformation is taking place in the Body of Christ, just like a butterfly. There is much change happening everywhere at the moment, and it is happening faster than we can keep up with. But the Lord would have you know that there is a secure place right now, under His wing, where rest and divine transformation are taking place in the midst of this season.

This place of peace and rest is hidden away from the chaos; it's like a divine cocoon we are invited to rest in. In this place, we are secure, cocooned and set apart in a moment of deep surrender in the presence of the Lord. We will emerge from this cocoon of transformation just like a butterfly, ready to take flight into the "new" that God has been speaking to His people about.

Great harvest is upon the earth. God is preparing you, equipping you and releasing you back into a new normal, but with new upgrades that enable thriving even in the midst of great change. We are being redefined and realigned to the heartbeat of Heaven, and immersed into a divine reset.

The Butterfly

The Lord has been highlighting the butterfly to me in this season as a symbol of hope. The transformation the Lord is doing is vital, but also beautiful. His plans for us are full of hope, and not to harm us (Jer. 29:11).

Just as the beginning of a butterfly's journey – before it enters the cocoon – is very different from the end – after it emerges from the cocoon – so, too, will the Body of Christ emerge from this time different than they were before. This is not a time of isolation, but rather an opportunity for redefinition, recalibration and regeneration for release into upgraded promises and sharpness of clarity.

God's intention is not harm. God's intention is not to destroy the Church, but strength and beauty is being added to the Church to carry the greater glory long prophesied. The Church is loved by God, and it is only the enemy that would desire to harm her. God is redefining and recalibrating, but with the intention of increase, not demise.

Holiness and surrender are the only options in a cocoon...and to thrive in this season, our yielding to the call of renewed surrender and holiness is essential. God is our way forward. As the world shakes, the Lord would say that He is our safe place. There is a divine comeback brewing that begins in us as we, His Church, humbly pray and seek His heart above all else. God is going to reveal His glorious Church to the nations.

As we lean into God's presence in this season, God will transform the "isolation" into a set-apart, holy moment of transformation that sets us apart as we embark on the road called "you have not been this way before." Instead of demise, this time of recalibration is preparing you for increase. New strategy is needed for a new season; a new road map is required for new challenges, but more importantly, a renewed consecration of the heart has been trumpeted out of Heaven to realign us before we cross into new territory.

We are invited into a "perspective shift" that this is not entrapment in isolation. (Though I most certainly am NOT saying that this disease and its effects on our nations are from God. The hallmarks of the enemy's handiwork are always to steal, kill and destroy.) There is a very real invitation right now to fresh consecration of our lives to God. May we humbly take stock of our lives and prioritize the Lord, and allow any transformation God would seek to make.

The cocoon is a safe space for transformation, for every caterpillar requires time to discard the old, welcome the new, and shut out the voice of fear as they process with their creator and yield their hearts afresh.

Just as the butterfly emerges with wings to fly above what was once obstacles in its path, so, too, will you emerge from this cocoon season with an ability to rise above what once stood in your way. You will overcome. You will rise above. You will come through this stronger and with beautiful takeaways from this time. There are silver linings to be found in this set-apart time.

To the Caterpillar, the Cocoon Was a Gift

The key is this: "Don't waste the season!" We must steward this season by seeking the Lord with new intentionality, and allow His holiness to search our hearts and "create in us a clean heart." (Photo via Pixabay)

There is a divine reset taking place across the the nations in the Body of Christ, as God reorders our priorities, resets a divine plumb line of healthy fear of the Lord, and releases new strategy for a new era. This is not to bring demise, but to bring increased strength and strategic wisdom suited to the unique, new territory God is calling us to enter.

Surrendered hearts will emerge upgraded from this season. Don't waste the season...the call to holiness is urgent. The call to seek the Lord in this season is imperative. The cocoon season, the call to the prayer closet, the urging to deeper surrendered living with God IS God's kindness. This season is precious. The cocoon, to the caterpillar, was a gift and an upgrade.

The evil intent of the enemy's works through disease, destruction and fear is to be evicted in prayer. But the very real and urgent call of the Lord to a season of consecration is to be welcomed as a precious gift.

The butterfly emerges from the cocoon stronger, better equipped and with new tools and upgrades to rise above what had previously kept it earthbound. You, too, will emerge stronger and ready to carry the weight of the greater glory, prepared to steward what is about to break open in the spirit. This chrysalis is a chamber of divine hope for His people.

You are called, anointed and appointed to this very hour. There is a unique grace for this hour. May we not miss the invitation to the divine dressing room in this hour, where transformation to fly with new anointing is taking place. We need a new road map and sharpened clarity. This season is providing that.

You're in a Divine Dressing Room Getting a New Wardrobe

"Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with His label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete." (Col. 3:10 The Message)

The prayer closet is a divine dressing room right now. The old fashions of the past season are obsolete. Be expectant, what God is "dressing you in" is custom made for you right now. The new robe God is placing on you is specifically designed for what is ahead. The anointing God is releasing on His people from the prayer closet is hand-crafted for "such as time as this."

New Beginnings Require Glorious Transformation

The butterfly is a sign to you that from change comes new beginnings, as we pray and partner with what God is doing. The butterfly is a symbol of hope that God-change brings new beginnings that carry beauty. While in the cocoon, I imagine the butterfly, at times, must have to hold onto promise of the new, and stop meditating on the old.

The promise of the new always requires a transformation. There is a discarding of the past that is taking place so that we can embrace the current work of God in our midst. The discarding of the unnecessary doesn't mean it wasn't good, it's just not as effective now as it was then.

Isaiah 43:18-19 (The Passion Translation) offers wisdom as we transform in His glory:

"Stop dwelling on the past.
Don't even remember these former things.
I am doing something brand new,
Something unheard of.
Even now it sprouts and grows and matures.
Don't you perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
And open up flowing streams in the desert."

We have not been this way before; it is "something brand new, something unheard of," but instead of fearing change, we, like the butterfly, are invited to decree new beginnings and strength to God's people. We can trust God even in the midst of accelerated change. The new "custom made fashion" He is dressing you in is designed especially for you by a loving God. God knows you, and He knows what you are called to, and what tools and anointing you need for effectiveness.

We are in uncharted territory, but the King is leading the way forward into "streams in the desert," making a way where there seems to be no way. It's normal to feel like the way ahead is uncertain, but the Lord would have you know, HE is our certainty and safe place. We are born for such a time as now, and these are our finest days. The Lord is equipping us for the season ahead of great harvest.

Truly, the truth of Genesis 50:20 provides wisdom for now:

"You (the schemes of the enemy) intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." (emphasis added)

We Will Look Back on This Time as the Moment Global Revival Was Birthed

An army of God that is ready to reap the harvest will emerge strong from this moment. We will look back on this moment of time and say, "That is where the battle was won, that is where global revival was birthed." Souls are on the heart of God. The billion soul harvest is upon us. The billion soul harvesters are being called and equipped with upgraded tools for harvest and enhanced weapons for war...with wings to overcome!

Urging from the Throne Room to Seek the Lord and Cast Off the Unnecessary

God is inviting us to receive fresh wisdom, current strategy and creative solutions to enable success in the new. There is, equally, an urging from the throne room to seek the Lord and cast off everything that prevents close connection to God's heart. God is holy, and He is calling us to Himself in deeper surrender. Luke warm connection to God will not allow access to the hidden manna God is giving His people in this season. Authentic connection and surrender to God is life to us right now.

To Emerge Transformed from the Waiting, Consecration Is Key

Hearts on fire are the key that unlocks flourishing and customized strategy for moving forward. Consecration of hearts will transform us and give wings to all God has called us to in this next season. You will arise. You will emerge from the waiting transformed, and mount up on wings from the Lord. (Photo via Piqsels)

This call is to you and your family. God is close to the broken hearted, and He is drawing your family "home" to His heart right now. God has heard your prayers and is moving in the hearts of those who need a salvation encounter with Jesus.

Without the Cocoon, the Butterfly Is Only Ever a Dream

Be encouraged, the caterpillar, as glorious a creation as it is, was not equipped to launch into its future call. Without the cocoon, the butterfly is only ever a dream in its heart. Hold on, friends, this will pass and you will get to the other side stronger, with beauty for ashes and wings for rising above.

The divine dressing room, the cocoon you see today, is an invitation from the Lord to receive fresh oil. It's a divine dressing room of transformation and fitting of wings to take flight. The cocoon you see today will, tomorrow, only be a memory of the moment God gave you wings in a dark, seemingly restricted season; an upgrade designed especially for you, just like the butterfly.

Because of this season, you will be dressed, with oil in reserve, ready for action at a moment's notice. Luke 12:35 says, "Be prepared for action at a moment's notice." or as some translations say, "Be dressed and ready"!

You need wings, and God is giving them to you in the divine dressing room of this holy moment, set apart in a cocoon with His loving presence. You are being given wings to overcome...and they are glorious, as is your future.

Wings to Overcome

You, too, like the Butterfly, are being given wings to overcome. Take heart, even as the butterfly first emerges from its dressing room, it takes a moment to be still, unfurling its new wings, and allowing the new wings to ready themselves for flight.

I wonder, does the butterfly anxiously wonder at this stage, "Am I worthy of these wings? Will I actually be able to use these wings to fly? Will I ever rise above?" As the butterfly looks and sees its wings, maybe fears try to rise and squash its hope. But then it hears the still, small, assuring voice of its Creator that silences all fear, just as God is speaking to our hearts, "You're made to fly, little one. You are an overcomer. Arise, for I Am with you in the dark unknown, I Am with you in new frontiers, and I Am with you as you rise above in this. Arise, My mighty overcomer."

I bless you, friend, with hope for a glorious future. This is passing, not staying, and you will emerge stronger. Your ability to overcome is not based on what you see, it is based on who God is and what He says. You will emerge with wings for flight into a future that is good.

"Yet even in the midst of all these things, we triumph over them all, for God has made us to be more than conquerors, and His demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything!" (Rom. 8:37 The Passion Translation)

God Knows the Plans He Has for You, and They Are Full of Hope!

My friend, in the midst of this time where so much is unknown, God says to you, "For I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future" (Jer. 29:11).

This is my decree to you: God's plans for you are filled with hope and assurance. He is with you, even in this, and giving you custom made wings to take flight and emerge stronger.

Note: To go along with Ben and Jodie Hughes' recent Elijah Streams interview, you can purchase Ben's new book When God Breaks In: Secrets to a Lifestyle of Tangible Encounters With God available in our Elijah Shopper store by book and E-book.

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Jodie Hughes
Pour It Out Ministries
Email: info@pouritout.org
Website: www.pouritout.org

Ben and Jodie Hughes are the founders of Pour It Out Ministries and have been in ministry together for more than 20 years. Recently relocating to the United States from Australia, they, along with their adult daughter Keely, travel full-time around the world as revivalists, with an emphasis on releasing and equipping for revival, breakthrough prophetic worship, prophetic ministry and preaching the Gospel with miracles, signs and wonders following. Ben and Jodie are known for recently hosting the Pineapple Revival in Australia which saw thousands come from all over, initially going non-stop for 22 weeks and extending for 18 months. In addition to being full-time itinerant revivalists and prophets, they have pastored and planted several churches, trained hundreds of ministry students, recorded worship albums and other writing projects as well.

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Jodie Hughes' Itinerary:

Note: Events are subject to change at the ministry's discretion. Check back often.

May 1-3, 2020
Loft Church Conference
Henning, IL

May 6, 2020
Prophetic Roundtable IYP
Nashville, TN

May 7-9, 2020
International Young Prophets Conference
Nashville, TN
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