One of the people who works with me, Susan Stanfield, is a math teacher. I see division as a process. Children are not as efficient with division as they are with other forms of math logic. The reason so many children get the incorrect answer to a problem involving the process of division is that they either try to skip a step, or give up too soon. The division process is longer than any of the other math basics.
Some kids fear division so much that they never even pick up their pencils to attempt the problem.
The Lord is not asking us to have fear of what He is doing at this time. He is dividing us from what has become familiar to produce a greater wholeness in His Body. Let's let Him complete the process. My assistant, Brain Kooiman, from the World Prayer Center in Colorado Springs e-mailed me with the following. He said when he first heard me sharing that God would be dividing and separating us individually and corporately this year, He couldn't quite understand the spiritual implication.