| IS GOD A MYSTERY? |
| “...Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God…” Mark 4:11 Would you like to know how to do right thing in every circumstance in your life? Always have the correct answers to questions? Constantly make wise choices that lead to success in every area of your life? It’s not a mystery - you can! The saying, “The Lord works in mysterious ways” (implying we can’t know His ways) is a lie and not in the Bible. It is quoted as scripture but that is just ignorance. Much has been stolen from us through lack of knowledge because we didn’t know we were supposed to know God’s ways and will (Hosea 4:6). We are to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, “His way of doing and being right” (Matthew 6:33, AMP). God has a way of operating that He wants us to use. He isn’t trying to keep His way a secret from us; He hides His wisdom for us (1 Cor. 2:7). Step One to walking in supernatural wisdom is to realize that it is always God’s will for us to understand His ways. Step Two to walking in supernatural wisdom is to be spirit-filled and speaking in “tongues” (just another word for a language that is unknown to you). If you don’t have this prayer language, don’t stop reading here! Many Christians don’t think it is necessary to be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak in the language mentioned in Acts 2:4. Because of that, they are missing the one of the most vital keys to success. Weymouth’s New Testament says “all that God has in readiness for them that love Him.” According to this scripture, we can only know what God has for us by it being revealed to us by His Spirit and by speaking them through our prayer language. The Holy Spirit teaches us what to speak, which is why it is sometimes called, “praying in the Spirit.” I am not talking about tongues and interpretation used in a corporate church setting but about using our prayer language in our private prayer time. First Corinthians 14:2 states that when we are speaking in tongues, we are speaking to God. This is why it is so vital to pray in the Spirit because it gives us an ability to tap into God’s hidden wisdom concerning every area of our life. Praying in our prayer language is good, but we will never get very far until our understanding is fruitful. We need to ask for interpretation of what we’ve prayed (2 Corinthians 14:13-16). The Apostle Paul said “I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also…” Step Three to walking in supernatural wisdom is having interpretation, revelation and manifestation of our prayers coming to pass in our lives. I pray, “Father, I thank You that I can come before You and pray out the mysteries over this particular thing I need wisdom on. I thank You for the interpretation, revelation and manifestation of what I am praying coming to pass quickly in my life. In Jesus name, Amen!” Then I pray in the Spirit. Answers come in many different ways. You may find what you need in a book or magazine article you read. You may hear it in a sermon in church or from a minister on television. You may hear something in passing that opens the eyes of your understanding. You will most often find answers right in the Word of God, your Bible. Believe you will receive the answers you need (Mark 11:23). Step Four to walking in supernatural wisdom is the prayer of agreement found in Matthew 18:19, “…if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven” We can use the prayer of agreement found in Matthew 18 in conjunction with our heavenly prayer language. We can bind the enemy from hindering our revelation knowledge and loose the angels to bring our answer quickly (verse 18). We can agree with what the other is praying because the Holy Spirit only prays God’s will. If you have no one you can agree with, agree with the Holy Spirit. He will always agree with you about God’s will! My husband and I began using this principle earlier this year. We pray in tongues for a while. Then one will stop and say, “I receive that into our lives” and the other will reply, “I agree with that.” And vice versa. It isn’t always very long – several minutes to a half hour or more. The point isn’t how long you pray but that you pray often. Of course, the more you pray out those mysteries, the more answers you’ll have! We attempt to do this every evening because we want to have the answers at hand for the mysteries we face in our every day walk. You can apply this principle to every area of your life – on the job, over your children, in your marriage, or ministry. We are stewards of the mysteries of God and it is required of stewards to be found faithful (1 Cor. 4:1-2). Praying out the mysteries in the Spirit over your life requires faithfulness and consistency. If you will apply His principles, you will begin to see changes in your life and you will experience more success than you ever dreamed possible (Eph. 3:20). You have His Word on it! Copyright © 2003 Anointed Word Ministries All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
| WALKING IN SUPERNATURAL WISDOM EVERY DAY |
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