Thursday, June 26, 2008
It’s 6:03 am and the daily reading today (Ps 68 & Acts 15) is filled with such relevant revelation for this trip that I am on. I’m surrounded by a dam in this thatched lodge, right at the top of a hill, the view is great. I feel like a king, after all, I’m a king’s kid and it’s never been clear that God delights in my prosperity so intensely. I’m coming to an understanding of God’s desire for the prosperity of His saints, that He is guiding my footsteps at each stage of this journey of how I became. Here is a few nuggets from my experience with God on this trip, 450km from home!
The Inward Witness
It’s become evident in my walk with the Father that you face your greatest battle before your greatest miracle, or your biggest breakthrough. It is at this time that you must hear God for yourself, and not necessarily follow the multitudes, or else you stay in the same place for that season. Travelling at this time was not a great idea for a lot of people, yet within me I felt a peace about the trip. I felt that the Lord had prepared an open gateway for me for this trip, despite the instability in the country.
As Luke writes the gospel of Luke and the Acts of the apostles, this is what he says:
• Acts 15:25 - it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul• Acts 15:28 - For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:• Acts 15:34 - However, it seemed good to Silas to remain there.
“It seemed good” – The apostles in Acts carried out their mission from God according to what seemed good. This is the inward witness of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we miss the supernatural because we are looking for the spectacular e.g. dreams & visions, but the Lord speaks to us through the inward witness as much as he can through a vision or a dream.
It’s 6:03 am and the daily reading today (Ps 68 & Acts 15) is filled with such relevant revelation for this trip that I am on. I’m surrounded by a dam in this thatched lodge, right at the top of a hill, the view is great. I feel like a king, after all, I’m a king’s kid and it’s never been clear that God delights in my prosperity so intensely. I’m coming to an understanding of God’s desire for the prosperity of His saints, that He is guiding my footsteps at each stage of this journey of how I became. Here is a few nuggets from my experience with God on this trip, 450km from home!
The Inward Witness
It’s become evident in my walk with the Father that you face your greatest battle before your greatest miracle, or your biggest breakthrough. It is at this time that you must hear God for yourself, and not necessarily follow the multitudes, or else you stay in the same place for that season. Travelling at this time was not a great idea for a lot of people, yet within me I felt a peace about the trip. I felt that the Lord had prepared an open gateway for me for this trip, despite the instability in the country.
As Luke writes the gospel of Luke and the Acts of the apostles, this is what he says:
• Acts 15:25 - it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul• Acts 15:28 - For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:• Acts 15:34 - However, it seemed good to Silas to remain there.
“It seemed good” – The apostles in Acts carried out their mission from God according to what seemed good. This is the inward witness of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we miss the supernatural because we are looking for the spectacular e.g. dreams & visions, but the Lord speaks to us through the inward witness as much as he can through a vision or a dream.
