Getting with His programme

We are constantly learning to adjust. Constancy, predictability and comfort are words that God is erasing from our vocabulary in order to prepare us and train us for the seasons to come. One of the key lessons to learn is to be sensitive to the stirrings of the Spirit and know when to drop your ‘plans’ and just go with what He is doing. Some have called this “flow”. I want to honour flow and go with it every time.

A bible-study gets shelved.

On Tuesday evening we were due to have a bible study on the Centrality of the Cross. There was just a handful of us for this bible study that we are covering on what actually took place on the Cross. From the outset there was a drawing from the presence of God to go in deeper and enjoy more of Him. After we shared the testimony of the prodigal granddaughter returning to her grandmother we were pumped and ready to go for it as the Lord promised that He would repeat this testimony again, and again, and again.

Sensitive to what the Lord was doing that night, we scrapped our bible study and had an encounter instead! The times of refreshing from the presence of God were upon us as He removed all our mourning and the spirit of heaviness and gave us a mantle of praise and the precious oil of joy. After an extended time of “face time”, resting in the presence of God, the New Wine of His Presence begun to flow. As wave after wave of supernatural joy broke loose, emotions were healed and hearts were strengthened. The Holy Spirit was ministering deeply during this extended time of worship and just allowing Him to show up and move and touch His people.

A brother came up for prayer and shared how he felt that lately he had lost “the edge” - we prayed for him and he went under the power of the Spirit and lay on the floor for a while connecting his heart back to its life source and getting filled and refilled.

The New Wine of His Presence.

The New Wine was pouring and we were drinking deeply. The intoxicating effect of this was obvious. After tasting of this you can never go back. After tasting of this you give it all up in exchange - what you will have to surrender will be too small a price. The oldness of religion will not cut it with you any more.

Steering wheel or spare wheel?

Always be prepared to align yourself with what God is doing and do not expect it to be the other way around - ever. Ask yourself this question - what is the Holy Spirit for you? Is He the steering wheel or the spare wheel? Is He in control, or do you have Him as a fallback when you blow it and your plans and schemes do not work?