📖 Bible Study Lesson
- Kalishaun Lane
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The In-Between: God’s Process Between Poverty and Provision
Core Truth
God does not move people from lack to abundance without first transforming how they think, steward, and obey. The in-between season is intentional, instructional, and necessary.
1. Defining the In-Between (Biblically)
The Bible often refers to transition seasons as:
wilderness
waiting
testing
refining
pruning
📖 Deuteronomy 8:2–3
God led Israel through the wilderness on purpose—not to delay them, but to prepare them.
*Teaching Insight
The wilderness was not about geography. It was about mentality.
Israel left Egypt physically in one night—but Egypt did not leave Israel quickly.
2. Why God Allows the In-Between
A. To Expose Poverty Thinking
📖 Exodus 16:2–3
Even with daily provision, Israel complained because their reference point was still slavery.
Poverty mindset signs in Scripture:
fear of lack
hoarding
nostalgia for “what was”
distrust of daily provision
God allows tension so those patterns surface and can be corrected.
B. To Renew the Mind Before Increasing Supply
📖 Romans 12:2
Transformation is not external first—it’s mental.
📖 Proverbs 23:7
You cannot sustainably live beyond the level of your thinking.
3. Case Study: The Widow and the Oil
📖 2 Kings 4:1–7
Observations:
She was still in debt during the miracle.
The oil only flowed as long as she had vessels.
The miracle stopped at the limit of her capacity.
*Teaching Insight
God didn’t remove poverty first. He expanded capacity, obedience, and vision first.
Provision met preparation.
4. The Role of Obedience in Transition
📖 Luke 16:10
God watches how we:
handle little
speak in lack
manage inconsistency
steward small opportunities
The in-between reveals whether increase would heal or harm us.
5. Identity Shift Comes Before Financial Shift
📖 Galatians 4:1–2
An heir may legally own everything—but live like a servant until maturity.
*Teaching Insight
Many believers are heirs living on allowances because their thinking hasn’t caught up with their inheritance.
6. The Emotional Reality of the In-Between
📖 Isaiah 43:19
God often begins a new thing quietly.
📖 Hebrews 10:36
Endurance is required after obedience—before manifestation.
This season feels uncomfortable because:
old habits stop working
new patterns aren’t fully formed yet
That discomfort is growth, not failure.
7. What Scripture Instructs You to Do in the In-Between
Seek God first, not relief first📖 Matthew 6:33
Practice faithful stewardship now📖 Luke 16:10
Guard your words📖 Proverbs 18:21
Refuse to mentally return to lack📖 Philippians 3:13
Let God reshape how you see money and provision📖 James 1:2–4
8. Reflection Questions (Journal / Group Use)
What patterns of poverty thinking has God been exposing in me?
Where do I feel stretched right now—and what might God be growing?
What “vessels” (skills, habits, systems, faith) is God asking me to gather?
Am I stewarding what I have as if more is coming?
What does obedience look like for me before the breakthrough?
Closing Prayer
**Lord, help me not to despise the process You are using to prepare me. Renew my mind, correct my habits, and align my heart with Your provision. Teach me to steward faithfully in the in-between, trusting that You finish what You start. Amen.
**This is only a blueprint. Whatever the Holy Spirit puts on your heart, that is what you pray. Allow whatever pressure, unbelief, or doubt that you may be feeling to become opportunities of intimacy with your Father. Allow Him to expose these areas so that He may strengthen you there.
Closing Truth to Remember
Delay is not denial. The in-between is not punishment. It is preparation.
I have a Bible study journal on this coming out soon, so be on the lookout for that. In the meantime, check out my other Bible journals here on my website, KaliT317.com. I love you. God bless.
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