I sat down, locked myself in my room, and had a heart-to-heart with the Father. He revealed the truth of my situation, and gave me a fresh perspective….
Combustion isn’t a bad thing.
Zechariah 13:9:
I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will
refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my
name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and
they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my
name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and
they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
I am walking through the fire, and this flame is not on the surface level, like it was when I was on the Race. This combustion is taking place in the very depths of my being. Why? Because that is where my desire lays, and He is purifying my desire.
Being in the wilderness isn’t a bad thing.
I recently listened to a sermon called Manifestations and Hiddenness by Graham Cooke. He said “God takes you to the wilderness when He is happy with you. In the wild, Jesus learned how to overcome the enemy and Himself. He came out of the wilderness in the power of the Holy Spirit. “
Spiritual Warfare isn’t a bad thing.
2 Kings 6:16
“Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!”
God showed me a glimpse of what was taking place in the spiritual realm, on my behalf. He showed me angels being obedient to the Father and risking themselves for me. Then He showed me, sitting at my desk at work, throwing a pity party and crying. He said to me “Just say thank you. This is all for you..” Not only does He fight my battles for me, but then He rewards me with good things. How undeserving of His love we are, yet He lavishes us with it.
Hiddenness isn’t a bad thing.
Luke 24:13-16
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
Luke 24:30-32
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he
talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he
talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Hiddenness is about a season of revelation. God sometimes has to disconnect Himself emotionally, although He never leaves me, so He can reveal more of Himself to my heart. I had a really hard time accepting this at first, but now I embrace it as an honor. What a privilege to be chosen by the Father as someone worthy enough to hear the secrets of His heart.
