The Doorway of Adar | Repositioned for Your New Beginning

0:00 Before God releases divine reversal, he often allows a divine shakeup or a divine uncovering that exposes things in our life that needs to change. We are in the middle of a house renovation right now and in the process we pulled out some carpet to replace the flooring and we uncovered hardwood floors. We had no idea that they were there and wouldn't have known that they were there without somewhat of a painful and expensive renovation process. reversal renovation repositioning these things all go hand in hand. And Adar is a month that is known for reversal, a divine reversal. But it is also a month of transition. It's a threshold. It's the closing of one spiritual cycle as we prepare for the

0:46 new beginning that comes in the month of Nissan. So many times we want the reversal, but we don't recognize the fact that the reversal often begins from a place of discomfort, a shaking up, and a realignment. So your life may feel like it is under renovation. But have you ever noticed before that when God gives you a breakthrough, right before that process, things can kind of get a little bit weird? Relationships may feel strained. Finances may feel tight. Your emotions feel unstable. Old habits flare up. Old wounds resurface. Things that you thought that were healed. And suddenly it feels like the ground beneath you is shifting. But what if that shift is not the enemy winning in

1:32 your life? What if it is God positioning you, repositioning you for a divine reversal? This season during Adar is known as a month where our joy increases, joy enters, and it is a time of reversal. But reversals don't always begin from a place of celebration. Often it starts with a renovation and a great uncovering. Hi, I'm Megan Marcelino and I want to welcome you to Generations at the Table. Thank you so much for pulling up a seat with me today. You know, I love talking to you about the Hebrew months and last week we talked about um PUM and and all

2:19 of those things, but I really want to continue to dive into this subject and stay focused on the Hebrew month of Adar and Pum and what that means as we walk through this season together. And I'm doing that because the Lord has just been dealing so um personally with me and Paul um our ministry, our family on these subjects. And I want to always come to you and say, "Hey, this is what I'm walking through." And I'm going to guess that maybe this is just happens to be what you're walking through as well. And so I was thinking about um Hmon and I was thinking about how you know we always think about him as the villain of the story. But have you ever considered the king's perspective that Hmon was basically the prime minister? He was his number one in command. He had the king's

3:05 authority. He was trusted. He was promoted. And yet he completely betrayed the trust of the king. Can I mean can you can you sense that? So this we think of him as the villain, but the king had to feel frustration, anger, and betrayal. He had to feel incredibly let down as Hmon's evil plan and Hmon's intention towards him was uncovered. It's kind of like that what I, you know, talked about ripping out a carpet. It's like you got to see what the foundation is before you know how you can improve upon it. You have to rip back the carpet and that is painful and that is messy. I actually walked through the house the other day with Paul and I said, "I feel like we're going backward." Because it felt like we were making good progress, but then all of a sudden all this flooring was ripped out. It was dirty.

3:51 It was messy. We found out some things we didn't know. And it felt like we were going backward. And even though we're actually making progress to making this house a home. So for the king, Hmon wasn't just some random villain that we boo when we tell the story of Pum. He was a trusted man in his life who had ill intention towards him and completely betrayed him. But during this season, his intentions, they were uncovered. And the closer Hmon got to power, the more authority he got. That is what began the exposure. So during this season, you may find out that you have some things in your life that are not what they seem. You may be ripping out the carpet and find out, "Oh my gosh, there's hardwood under part of the house. Why did someone cover this with carpet?" You may figure

4:36 that out in the process, but it doesn't happen without the painful process of renovation and allowing God to get personal in your life and to realize how critical and how important that foundation is in your life. And what what is your foundation? What is it made up of? Obviously, it's made up of your beliefs, your mindset, your relationships, your finances. Like all of those things make up this foundation. But if there's an issue in your foundation and you have a crack or you have like in our case, you have some type of floor covering you didn't even realize you had, you have to address it before you can move on into the next season and build up. You can't just ignore it. So this is a season where it becomes an exposure or an uncovering. So when there is a divine reversal,

5:24 you're probably going to have some moments where you have to come face to face, take some ownership of and meet what is intended, the intention behind things. And sometimes that can be painful. Sometimes when you're dealing with people that can feel like betrayal, sometimes that can feel like hurt. But how can you take those moments, that feeling that you're feeling, and make it so that you're moving towards the future that you want to build instead of away from? Like let's not rush away from and be like I'm going to move away from these negative emotions. I'm going to move away from relationships. I'm you know I'm never going to trust again. I'm never going to like don't we can't make those vows and those confessions. We have to choose you know what no I'm going to walk in trusted healthy relationships. This is what I am seeking. instead of just constantly running away from that which the enemy

6:10 is trying to do. And friends, I know how easy it is. And I know how easy it is to say inside, not doing that again. But allow the Lord to take you to where he wants you to go instead of running away from the pain of some of these experiences. So the enemy's plan often becomes visible to us during this season when we refuse to compromise, right? Because Mordei refused to bow. He refused to compromise his faith. And that is what eventually was Hmon's undoing. He could not handle it. So that true intention came out. And sometimes what feels like conflict in our life is actually God pulling the curtain back because he says, "I want you to see what's really here." And sometimes that's an internal

6:57 conflict. Sometimes that's a belief system or a mindset that we have or something that we believe in, you know, in our quote unquote theology that is not true. Like I don't know about you, but I try to be open to the Lord and say, "Hey, I want you to change my mindset. If I have a belief in my heart or my structure that has come from my experience or my circumstance and is not rooted in your word, then take it out." But that's painful. And I've had to come through seasons where I've allowed God to change my mind, to change my belief, to change what I think and see and feel. Like, I don't want to be the same person 10 years from now that I am from now, which means I have to change. And that doesn't really mean that I I that the word of God changes. It just means that my revelation of my understanding that

7:42 I'm in a deeper place and I um allow myself room to see things differently and see, hey, this belief that I had, this was not in spiritual alignment. So during this season, God is often going to expose to us what we cannot take into this next season with us. You know, I mentioned that the upcoming month after Adar is the Hebrew month of Nissan, which is the spiritual new year. And in in Judaism and in that culture, Nissan was when they actually began counting the new year for kings. It wasn't at Roshes Sha in the fall. It was at Nissan in the spring. And what else do we have in Nissan? We have Passover. And I mean, all I mean, it's just like this is such a rich season. But with that, during this season before we go, God is like, "Hey, I'm gonna let you know what you can't take with you." You

8:28 know, when we talk about Passover in the Exodus experience, that was like, "Hey, you have a very short window to gather your things and go." And during this moment, God is telling us, "Hey, you're not going to be able to take these habits, these patterns, these relationships, these things that do not align with my best for you into this next season." Does it mean that those things were always bad? Sometimes, no. But sometimes it just means they just can't go into that new place with you. Other times maybe they are bad. Maybe they are belief systems that are not in alignment and it's time to, you know, cut bait and run. So what might he uncover? He might uncover toxic relationships, misaligned mindsets, pride, areas of our life that we've not, you know, um, uh, released to him. Unhealthy dependence, hidden fears, right? Like we all have those where when

9:14 these things when the Lord begins to uncover our heart and our foundation, we find out that we've had these places of fear in our life that we've not fully surrendered and we're just holding back a little bit on trusting the Lord. And the Lord's like, "Hey, one more year, one more cycle. Give it to me." And you know what? Next year is probably going to be a little bit deeper and the year after that a little bit deeper. But what does that mean? That means at the end of our lives that we more we reflect his glory more and more. That we look more like him. that we are being made in his image, that we are being refined. Guys, change is scary. Change is hard, but change is good for us and change is the best. And we should be changing to look more and more like him and act more and more like him with each year that passes. And that's what I love about the

10:01 Hebrew months and about the invitation of of connecting with the Lord in his rhythms is because it allows us to change and improve and grow every year and every cycle and to revisit it and to say, "Hey, we're going to come back to this and we're going to learn." You know, I don't know how much you've looked at maybe some of your kids schooling, but there's certain um like education cycles when you go through math and they call it like a spiral because it's like we don't just visit one concept, make it concrete and move on. We spiral and we circle back. God is always circling back. He's always giving us an opportunity and every year is a fresh start. So as we as we come out of PUM and we move into the month of Nissan, it truly is an opportunity for new beginnings. And it is that spiritual place, but right now is a chance for us to say,

10:46 okay, I'm getting ready to step in. I am on the threshold of that moment. I am on that gateway, that doorway of change. Adar is that door. What am I leaving behind? What am I choosing to leave here in the past? And I am not going to take it with us. And so a new thing doesn't begin without the completion of an old thing. And sometimes that completion can feel painful. And sometimes that completion can feel exciting. And sometimes that completion can feel like both things that they don't that you know that those things can operate at the same time. On one hand, you can feel a little bit of sadness. On the other hand, you can feel joy and excitement and expectation. Those things are not mutually exclusive. So if you're feeling excited and scared, you know, nervous and full of anticipation all at the same

11:33 time, those things can go hand in hand and those are just emotions. But you know, the enemy senses when we are in these seasons, in these pivotal moments of moving forward. I want to read this to you. Esther 6:13 says this, "And Hmon told his wife Zerish and all his friends everything that had happened to him. his wide men, his wise men and his wife Zerish said to him, "If Mordei, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but will surely fall before him." So immediately, like Hmon knew that that Hmon was beginning to feel and sense that his fall was about to happen. And so what does he do? He continues to spiral. He continues to strive. He continues with his plan, like his wicked

12:19 schemes. He's like, I got to, you know, this has got to be a course correction. So, the enemy knows that his time is short in this month and that we are getting ready to step in to a moment of deliverance. So, I want to give you four things that you might experience during a season of an almost new beginning. And here we are. We're on the cusp of. So, what might you be walking through? I'm sharing this with you because this has been a lot of times our experience. And I want you to be able to keep your focus on that new beginning that is ahead and not lose sight and not allow the voice of the enemy to cause you to veer off course. You know, I I just recently was sharing with someone on our team and I said, "You know what I've seen in great leaders is that they don't allow the enemy and circumstances to veer them off

13:04 course. They don't allow relationship changes, financial changes, stress changes to make them totally pivot and then just, you know, drive off the road, drive into the ditch, as my dad would say. You have to stay focused one step at a time. I likened it to the to the movie. I think it's finding I don't know if it's Finding Dory or Finding Nemo when it's like just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. That's what I just keep telling. Okay, we're just going to keep swimming. We're going to keep and stay on course because the future is ahead and the kingdom is advancing. Are you in step or are you falling to the temptation of Lot's wife to look back? You know, Arabella asked me a really interesting question the other day. She said, "Do you think that Lot looked back at his wife when she turned to a pillar of salt?" And I thought, "I I don't

13:50 know." And I didn't dive into the scripture to find out if it tells us if if he did or didn't. But I said, you know, I think the difference was is that Lot's wife looked back at her past situation and circumstance with longing and they were instructed not to do that. She looked back with a desire and that is what caused her to turn into a pillar of salt. I can only imagine that that Lot did I'm I'm guessing he turned around. I don't know. Maybe he kept his his eyes straight forward after that. I I don't know. But the point is is that there's always temptation to look into our past with longing. And the Lord is inviting us in this month, this threshold gate door to look forward. So, four things that you might be experiencing before this new beginning, realignment. Have you ever been to a

14:36 chiropractor when you're out of um out of alignment and they adjust your back and they adjust your spine and your neck? Sometimes it hurts for just a second, but then it feels so much better. And the only time I've had that where that's not always the case is if I have been out of alignment for so so long that the new alignment feels a little bit funky and it's like your muscles feel tense and they're trying to pull you back to what was familiar. So a realignment process can feel a little bit uncomfortable but in the end it is absolutely for our good. Alignment means the definition is arrangement in correct or appropriate relative positions or a position of agreement or alignments. So rely uh a realignment is not just something that is internal. You're going to see it impact external things and

15:22 physical things. You might see it in your assignments, your daily rhythms, your priorities, your relationships, your finances, your family dynamics. When a realignment happens, it is going to be reflected in multiple areas of your life. But this is where we hold on to faith and we hold on to the word and we do not shrink back in fear. Okay? because it was a realignment that positioned Morortei into this new place of authority. But it was scary getting there. It was a scary process. So what is out of alignment, it cannot remain stable. And during seasons of change, God is often going to reveal to you what is out of alignment and what cannot go with you into that next season. In the story of um PUM, it was obviously Hmon's leadership. That authority had to change

16:09 that had to pivot. Second thing that you might be experiencing fears. There's a lot of what if this happens? What if this doesn't happen? What if I do? What if I don't? What if I fail? What if I'm alone? You know, Esther faced fear, but she had to move anyway. And what did she move in? She moved in faith. So during this month, this is an invitation to okay, fear is there. We see it. We acknowledge it. We don't deny it. But we don't allow it to lay claim in our life. We choose faith over fear. Because if you just lean into how you feel, you're more than likely going to shrink back. This is an opportunity to acknowledge those feelings, but to continue to move forward. So fear is often, you know, on those threshold moments. It's like the Red Sea. Can you imagine what it was like? I'm going to step in. I'm going to

16:55 cross over. I see this miracle. Are you going to hold out till I get all the way across? Yes, he is. But they didn't know that. They didn't know the end of the story. The other thing, the third thing, longing for what was. You know, we just talked a little bit about Lot's wife, but a lot of times, I think when we're on a threshold, we look back at things from a place of fondness and memories and remember when and remember the good old days and is this familiar and this is predictable and this is practical and this is what I can expect. So, all of those things happen during this season. So, longing for what was is often a sign that God is getting ready to move you into what is into what shall be. So, don't allow your heart position to hold you back. move forward. You know, the Israelites missed Egypt. Like they were like, "We should just go back to Egypt.

17:40 Did you bring us out here to die?" Not because Egypt was perfect, not because Egypt was a gift, but because it was predictable and it was like just the basics of their need. It wasn't abundance, but they knew what to expect. And that is what began to make them miss that season. So, we can easily fall into that same trap, that same mindset. It wasn't a good season. It was just familiar. And that is what caused them to long for it. Okay. Fourth thing, expect replacements. This is a big one. When God begins to shift and uncover, like I talked to you about with the carpet, why were we ripping out the carpet? Because we want to put in new flooring. And um and so if you want to know something even silly, this is this is silly. The carpet is basically new. The people ahead of us kind of mildly

18:25 renovated the house and put in carpet, but it's it's not what we wanted. And and anyway, there's just some things, right? it's not our carpet. And it's so it's like, okay, we've decided this just needs to go ahead and go. But I had a really hard time with that. I'm like, how can you just rip out something new? I'm like, okay, there's all these different reasons why we're making that decision. I don't want to be wasteful. I don't want to. You need to allow God to remove things in your life even when it doesn't fully make sense. And then allow him to rebuild something new, something fresh, something that really does fit your life, your needs, and where you're going in this next season. Hmon's position did not stay empty, right? The gallows that he built for Mordei is what ended up ended up being for Hmon. And then Morortei stepped into Hmon's position. So this this major upshaking

19:12 uncovering allowed Morai to step into his new role. So that is what I mean it totally completely repositioned. It restructured things. But it began with a lot of tension and a lot of fear and I'm sure was what was a lot of anxiety. Listen to this. Esther 8 1-2 says this. On that day, King Hazarus gave Queen Esther the house of Hmon. I love that. It's like Esther, here's the house, the enemy of the Jews. And Morortei came before the king, for Esther had told him he was related to her. And the king took off his signate ring and gave it to Mori. That means that God gave Morai the authority. That the king gave Mordei the authority. That that was God's desire. So he began to walk it out. Morortei

19:57 inherited the signant ring. Morortei inherited this new role. Well, where did that come from? That came from patience, obedience, and faith. So allow God to reposition you in this time. Allow God to to move in replacements for things that are being taken out to replace that fear with joy, to replace that that um anxiety with hope, to replace that weariness with stamina and endurance. You may be going through financial loss. Allow him to bring in a new stream of income. He might be asking you to move. Allow him to give you a new home. He might be changing relationships. Allow him to bring new relationships for the new season. Don't remain closed off to what God is trying to build. But just remember, before God can replace, he has

20:43 to remove. So open your hands, open your heart, open your mindset, be willing to allow change. So when God brings replacements, you might have new opportunities, new confidence, new assignments, new friendships, new new paths, new journeys. But that is what you know we're getting ready to step into Nissan is going to be. It is an opportunity for us spiritually to walk into a new place. And in the month of Adar, we stand in the doorway. We stand at the gate. We stand at the threshold. Friends, I just want to encourage you that if you have been going through a time where God has been uncovering, repositioning realignment renovation and it has felt a little bit painful and maybe a lot expensive. Don't lose hope.

21:31 Don't lose faith. God is for you. And we are on this threshold together. We are going to step into this month of Nissan. We're going to step into this new beginning. And we are going to put our feet under the father's table at Passover. and we are going to walk out the deliverance and all the good things that he has for us. Thank you so much for joining me today. Thank you so much for being a part of the conversation. I look forward to being with you next week, same time, same place.