Revelation is a sudden understanding of
His Word in our lives. It can be from the written Word of God or the spoken
Word of God. It can impart knowledge or understanding of things you need to
trust or do. Revelation gives you the mind of
Christ so that you don’t have to struggle.
“But,
as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart
conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him’,-- these things God
has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even
the depths of God,”
(Corinthians 2:9-10).
There is a revelation that comes from
the Spirit. It comes so that we might know. It comes so that we might be built
up. It comes so that we can be broken in order to be built up again.
“…
to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to
plant,” (Jeremiah
1:10b).
Revelation is a realisation that God
has spoken to us. It can impact our spirit, soul and body; it can impact our
past, present and future.
“…
‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth
of God,’” (Matthew
4:4).
It can impact our friends, relatives,
cities, nations and our Church. Revelation is taking the cover off. Revelation
is God taking our blinders off, in order that we might see. It is a sudden
outburst of the Truth that sets us free. Revelation is the sudden awareness of
God or understanding of His Word. Revelation is the knowledge that you know is
true.
We need revelation on
many subjects: revelation regarding God, regarding Jesus Christ revelation about the eternal life,
revelation concerning the earth, and revelation regarding the future.
When
Mother Mary received a revelation, she was perplexed and she surrendered. (Luke
1:26-38).
When
Daniel received a revelation he fell into a trance, face to the ground. (Daniel
10:9)
When
Peter received a revelation he sensed he was a sinner. (Luke 5:8).
When
John received a revelation he fell at the feet of Jesus. (Revelation 1:17)
“Then Jesus said to the Jews who had
believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and
you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free,’” (John 8:31-32).
When
we get into the Communion of the Holy Spirit we will start hearing the voice of
God on our day-to-day basis. Many times I feel jealous of people who claim that
they hear the Word of the Lord in their lives, every hour! It is the
relationship with God that makes the difference. Revelation will come where
there is a relationship.
“Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets,” (Amos 3:7).
You
do not reveal secrets to strangers, is the same way God reveals His secrets to
His friends. The revelation that we should continue to receive is about
changing our own lives.
“They who have my commandments and keep
them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love them and reveal myself to them,” (John 14:21).
God’s
voice comes to us through various means; but it comes to us through the Holy
Spirit. God speaks through hundreds of ways.
His voice comes through the written Word of God, the Holy
Bible and it also comes by the spoken Word of God, which comes to us through
the inwards witness, spontaneous thoughts,
He speak through our thoughts, He directs our thoughts, recurring thoughts,
sanctified imaginations, still voice,
audible voice, promptings, impressions, visions, dreams, angels, redeemed
saints, through others, through the Church, the Word of Knowledge, the Word of
Wisdom, the Gift of Discerning the Spirits, through the Gift of Prophecy, the
Gift of Tongues and Interpretation.
The Almighty God also speaks to us through Nature, through
various signs and wonders, from the people we like, and from the people we do
not like. He speaks through books, CDs. He speaks through smell, touch and
tastes. He speaks through body sensations, through songs. He speaks through our
emotions. He speaks though our conscience. He speaks through our parents,
relatives, elders. He speaks through authorities.
There are hundreds of ways the Holy
Spirit speaks to us, but there will be certain ways that God speaks to us
regularly.
For some it can be the written Word
of the Lord.
For some it can be spontaneous
thoughts.
For some it can be inner impressions
For some it can be inner prompting.
For some it can be the still voice
of the spirit.
For some it can be through visions
or pictures.
For some it can be through the audible
voice of the Spirit.
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