Once we come to know God in an intimate relationship we are not stay at the beginning of that relationship. There are transitions we are to go through so as to truly seek the face of God. The Promise, the Process and the Provision. Unless we go through these transitons in our relationship with God we will simply stay right where we started. Unfortunately most of the church of America is in the first stage; the Promise, when God wants her to continue on with the transitions as she seeks His Face and are changed into the likeness of His son Jesus Christ.