This week had gone like another blur. Got back on Sunday morning and after brief rest preached in church in Sydney. After two days to just catch a brief break to get on top of things in Sydney, I am leaving now (Wednesday 3rd Feb) for Singapore again (typing this blog at airport lounge in Sydney). This is one of those short weeks (three days in Sydney and three days in Singapore). Spent in total of exactly half the month in Singapore and half in Sydney. The flight back was just so I can preach on a Sunday in Sydney and now flying back so I can preach on Saturday in Singapore (including the Thurs and Friday teaching). I am aware of the truncated blog that has occurred the last week. Not sure what is the cause of it but my web manager is having a look at it. The only difference that I made was that there were more short paragraphs, which I am going to avoid this time to see if it makes a difference.
I am really looking forward to these last two weeks of the forty day fast (ends on Feb 13). Will be trying to spend more time waiting on God in between meetings and travel. Have been given some flow of thoughts and visions but need to digest them first before talkign about them. A lot of spiritual things need to be digested first (when received) before one can talk about them. Far too many people blab about everything God reveals without understanding that spiritual things are for the spiritually discerned. Remember when Jesus said to ‘cast not pearls to swine?’ It does sound awfully rude in todays terms but His point was that peopel must be made ready or prepared before they can receive spiritual truth and revelation. One must learn to hold on to what God shows and not simply share them. For what reason should one hold them? The most important being that each revelation must be built upon a previous one being accepted first. Jesus revealed that He was the suffering Messiah who had to die on the cross only AFTER the disciples had confessed him as their the Christ the Son of the living God (Matthew 16). If He had revealed this second truth about Himself (that He had to die on the cross), they would never have accepted the first revelation (that He was the Christ). Too much revelation too fast can cause people to lose their balance. For this reason, the teachings that one can give, for example, in a teaching meeting are different than on Sunday (or Sat); and different still on an all night prayer or special leaders’ meeting or even church camp. Each has its place. Also teachings and sharing in small groups are different than in big groups. (the anointing and flow is different in each of them). The advantage today is that each of these can be recorded so people can access teachings at their spiritual level. On this point in a personal sense, everyone of us should be hearing from God at all times (especially during a fast) but we should not be immediately talking about what God spoke or shows especially when it is a personal basis. Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds but spoke plainly to His disicples. May we all grow to respect the way Jesus and the Holy Spirit function.
Papa God, we pray that you will always impart revelation to each of our loved ones, partners and friends of the ministry, students and members of Your body. Increase each ability to hear Your voice and revelation, especially the personal ones for individual lives. In Jesus Name.