I wish that God had left me a personal manual that outlined my steps of obedience. And indeed, the Word of God has done that and is quite specific about certain things. Black and white commands, like the Ten commandments. But when it comes to making decisions like which job, should I quit, which option, etc. it is not 'laid out'.
Beth reminds us that through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can have:
1. Heightened perception -"I am doing a new thing!...Do you not perceive it? (Isaiah 43:19).
2. Heightened discernment - "And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best..." (Philippians 1:9-10)
3. Heightened insight - being able to draw from God's file folder on that subject; it requires feeding on God's Word and continual filling of the Spirit. You are drawn to the Spirit's choice because your spirit and His 'oscillate with the same frequency'.
She made a comment about people who only want a 'twilight zone' experience with God. It is a mark of immaturity.They do not want the hard work of opening the Bible and searching His Word to 'hear' His perspective.
How often in the past have I just wanted God to just speak to me in a vision. I wanted the 'magician' to wave away my crises with His wand. Instead, I got the Father who says "no", or "wait" a lot, just because he wants me to "grow up!" And I have found that my reasons for coming to Him have been changed in the process of 'using' Him to make my life OK, to just wanting to be near Him, to drink from His Presence, to love Him and know His love.
Father, I want my spirit to oscillate with your Spirit. I want to recoil from the evil that You recoil from; I want to be drawn to the things that matter to You. Empty me anything that is hampering Your power in me to do Your will. In the Name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.
2 comments:
Good morning, Sita!
I love the thoughts and verses Beth shared. I know so many times in my life I've wanted answers from God right then but have had to wait....sometimes a long time, longer than I wanted to wait. I'm still in the stage of learning to wait and learning to lean, but seem to be doing a little better these days. Like I shared in one of my past posts about my husband's job and waiting a whole year not knowing what would happen to that very large building where he worked or who would end up buying the company & if they would want to hire him. But God knew and absolutely wanted us to trust Him.
Also, my daughter was dating a guy for over two years when she was just out of high school. This was clearly not the one for her and we all knew it, but we had to trust God to work it out. I still don't exactly know the purpose for all that went on during that time, but for sure one thing was when she did finally meet Zack, he was a Christian, treated her like a queen, he was a hard worker, has a great family....just so many of the qualities I had prayed for.
SO.....things in my life have seemed to take longer to answer, "BUT GOD...." His timing and His ways are not mine. (praise Him) :)
Love you Sita and praying for you often.
Val
I love this study! I'm so glad you're sharing what God is teaching you with all of us.
Thanks for playing in the "name game" on my blog. :) I did like Mimzee too! :)
Love,
Yo-Mama lol... xoxo
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