Lessons In Virtue: Recognising The Distinction In Your Child

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Samuel 16:10-11 (KJV), Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

It is a powerful thing for a parent to discern the spiritual gift in their child.

The nation of Israel was split into two because of this: a father did not recognise what was in the son.

From our theme scripture, when Samuel came into Jesse’s house to anoint the king, Jesse lined up all his other sons and forgot David because he did not know what was upon this child’s life.

As David looked after sheep, he killed lions and bears but Jesse never knew that this kind of spirit was in his son’s life. The first time David gave this testimony was before Saul; he never told Jesse anything (1 Samuel 17:34-36).

Eventually, David ended up in the care of Saul, who did not love him for who he was but because David could win battles for him. In fact, David’s success proved to be a threat to Saul who was supposed to represent the other father figure in David’s life (1 Samuel 19).

By the time David becomes king he did not know how to be a father: Amnon raped Tamar and he did not know what to do (2 Samuel 13:1-21); when Absolom killed Amnon, he still didn’t know what to do (1 Samuel 13:23-39).

He had promised Bathsheba that Solomon would be king but when the appointed time came, he later forgot all about Solomon and did not rebuke Adonijah his son when he tried to take the throne (1 Kings 1:1-11).

Solomon eventually became king but there were critical things he never learned from his father: how to lead, how to exercise authority, how to run a government or how to relate with God and men.

Solomon in turn never knew how to raise his son Rehoboam. It was Rehoboam who rejected the counsel of the elderly and declared, “whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.” (1 Kings 12:11).

Rehoboam split Israel (1 Kings 12:16-19). But it all started with a father, Jesse, who could not see the distinctive mark in his son.

Parenthood requires that you look at your child and see the anointing at work in his or her life.

Compliment them and tell them, “you are a prophetess, I see something in you.”

Lay hands on them and speak great things like, “I believe in you.” That is parenthood!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 22:6, 1 Corinthians 4:15

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

Parenthood requires that you look at your child and see the anointing at work in his or her life. Compliment them and tell them, “you are a prophetess, I see something in you.” Lay hands on them and speak great things like, “I believe in you.” That is parenthood!

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this teaching on parenting: I know how to recognise distinction in my children and to nurture and grow it. I train them in the way they should go and they will never depart from it. My children are for signs and wonders; they are a pattern to many because I raise them in the way of the Lord. Amen. 

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Apôtre Grace Lubega

LEÇONS EN VERTU : LA RECONNAISSANCE DE LA DISTINCTION DE VOTRE ENFANT

1 Samuel 16:10-11 (KJV) Isaï fit passer ses sept fils devant Samuel; et Samuel dit à Jessé : L’Eternel n’a choisi aucun d’eux. Puis Samuel dit à Jessé : Sont-ce là tous tes fils ? Et il répondit : Il reste encore le plus jeune, mais il fait paître les brebis. Alors Samuel dit à Jessé : Envoie-le chercher, car nous ne nous placerons pas avant qu’il ne soit venu ici.

C’est une chose puissante pour un parent de discerner le don spirituel chez son enfant.

La nation d’Israël a été divisée en deux à cause de cela : un père n’a pas reconnu ce qui était dans le fils.

D’après notre écriture, lorsque Samuel entra chez Jessé pour oindre le roi, Jessé aligna tous ses autres fils et oublia David parce qu’il ne savait pas ce qu’il y avait dans la vie de cet enfant.

Comme David s’occupait des moutons, il a tué des lions et des ours mais Jessé n’a jamais su que ce genre d’esprit était dans la vie de son fils. La première fois que David a donné ce témoignage était avant Saül ; il n’a jamais rien dit à Jessé (1 Samuel 17:34-36).

Finalement, David a fini par prendre soin de Saül, qui ne l’aimait pas pour ce qu’il était mais parce que David pouvait gagner des batailles pour lui. En fait, le succès de David s’est avéré être une menace pour Saül qui était supposé représenter l’autre personnage paternel dans la vie de David (1 Samuel 19).

Au moment où David devient roi, il ne savait pas comment être père : Amnon a violé Tamar et il ne savait pas quoi faire (2 Samuel 13:1-21) ; quand Absolom a tué Amnon, il ne savait toujours pas quoi faire (1 Samuel 13:23-39).

Il avait promis à Bethsabée que Salomon serait roi mais à l’heure dite, il oublia tout de Salomon et ne reprocha pas à Adonija son fils lorsqu’il voulut prendre le trône (1 Rois 1: 1-11).

Salomon est finalement devenu roi mais il y a des choses critiques qu’il n’a jamais apprises de son père : comment diriger, comment exercer l’autorité, comment diriger un gouvernement ou comment se comporter avec Dieu et les hommes.

Salomon à son tour n’a jamais su comment élever son fils Roboam. Ce fut Roboam qui rejeta le conseil des personnes âgées et déclara : « Alors que mon père vous a couché d’un joug pesant, j’ajouterai à votre joug : mon père vous a châtiés avec des fouets, mais je vous châtierai avec des scorpions. » (1 Rois 12:11).

Roboam a divisé Israël (1 Rois 12:16-19). Mais tout a commencé avec un père, Jessé, qui ne pouvait pas voir la marque distinctive de son fils.

Être parent exige que vous regardiez votre enfant et que vous voyez l’onction au travail dans sa vie.

Complimentez-les et dites-leur : « Vous êtes une prophétesse, je vois quelque chose en vous. »

Posez les mains sur eux et dites de grandes choses comme : « Je crois en toi. » C’est être parent !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Proverbes 22:6, 1 Corinthiens 4:15

PÉPITE D’OR : Être parent exige que vous regardiez votre enfant et que vous voyez l’onction au travail dans sa vie. Complimentez-les et dites-leur : « Vous êtes une prophétesse, je vois quelque chose en vous. » Posez les mains sur eux et dites de grandes choses comme : « Je crois en toi. » C’est être parent !

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour cet enseignement sur la parentalité: je sais reconnaître la distinction chez mes enfants et la nourrir et la faire grandir. Je les forme de la façon dont ils devraient aller et ils ne s’en écarteront jamais. Mes enfants sont pour les signes et les merveilles ; ils sont un modèle pour beaucoup parce que je les élève dans la voie du Seigneur. Amen.

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How You Hear

Apostle Grace Lubega

Luke 8:18 (KJV), Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

When a child of God seeks the “hows” of the Word, he or she is after the results of the Word.

Thus, when the master tells us to take heed how we hear, it is an instruction to seek to have results for the Word we have believed.

How you hear defines your place of stewardship.
As a good steward you are weighed on the ability to multiply what you have received.

The parable of talents is illustrative on this.

The Bible narrates, “He that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.” (Matthew 25:16-18).

The first two servants multiplied what they received, they were men that knew how to hear. And because they knew how to hear, more was given unto them (Matthew 25:20-29).

Like our theme scripture reveals, “for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”

The bad steward who only buried his Lord’s money is the Christian who only accumulates knowledge and does not produce results.

He is ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of Christ (2 Timothy 3:7), for the proof of knowledge is results.

When you read the scriptures or listen to sermons, seek to practice what you have heard. If you do not see results, study more on that topic, practice harder until you walk in the manifestation of what you have learned.

That is a man who knows how to hear. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 25:16-29, 1 Timothy 4:15

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

When you read the scriptures or listen to sermons, seek to practice what you have heard. If you do not see results, study more on that topic, practice harder until you walk in the manifestation of what you have learned. That is a man who knows how to hear.

PRAYER: Father, I am grateful for this wisdom. I know how to hear. I have results of the Word because I daily exercise myself to walk in the manifestation of what I learn. Knowledge is not just information to me, it is experiences and these experiences are the results I see every day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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What You Hear

Apostle Grace Lubega

Mark 4:24 (KJV), And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

It is part of spiritual maturity to take heed what you hear.

The “what” of hearing requires that you yield to the scriptures to have a deeper understanding of what is taught.

What you hear is actually every thought you apply to the Word you hear and how much you meditate on it: be a student of the Word; take time and read harder on the topics taught; meditate and ponder on these things and allow the Spirit to cast more light on what you receive.

The result is: “The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you — and more [besides] will be given to you who hear” (Mark 4:24 AMP).

“Virtue” as used in the amplified version of our theme scripture is the anointing.

So, the more you study, meditate and ponder on the Word, the more mature IN the anointing you become, as the same anointing increases on your life.

The deeper you study, the greater the working of the Spirit of revelation in your life. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Timothy 4:15, Joshua 1:8

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

What you hear is actually every thought you apply to the Word you hear and how much you meditate on it: be a student of the Word; take time and read harder on the topics taught; meditate and ponder on these things and allow the Spirit to cast more light on what you receive.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your Word. I am a diligent student of it; I study, meditate and pray in it as a daily part of my life. The Word floods my spirit and my soul. It is the centre of my every action and response. By it, I increase in both knowledge and virtue. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

On The Scales Of Knowledge

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Samuel 2:3 (KJV), Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

God weighs our actions. He does so through knowledge.

By example, consider these two categories of people; one spends hours shouting in tongues to no avail; another opens his mouth and within minutes, he opens heaven.

One man thinks he is teaching mysteries until another opens the same scripture and “breaks depths.”

One man sings and another will take the same microphone and worship.

Each of them is engaged in seemingly the same action but the weight of what they do differs.

When a man is weighed and found wanting (Daniel 5:27), this weighing is the place where he is placed on the scales of knowledge and found to be light: he does not know God.

Seek the knowledge of God because it is what interprets purpose in the spirit realm.

This weight translates as the glory that follows your every action.

FURTHER STUDY: Daniel 11:32, Isaiah 33:6

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

Seek the knowledge of God because it is what interprets purpose in the spirit realm.

PRAYER: God, I thank you for knowledge. It forms the substance of all my actions. I give, pray and serve you in knowledge. Whatsoever I do has spiritual weight and is glorious. By this, my results in the gospel are distinctive. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Of The Holy of Holies

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 9:8 (AMP), By this the Holy Spirit points out that the way into the [true Holy of] Holies is not yet thrown open as long as the former [the outer portion of the] tabernacle remains a recognized institution and is still standing

The way to the Holy of holies is a revelation. If it is not revealed, you cannot experience the reality of this place in God.

This way can never be revealed as long as “the outer portion of the tabernacle remains a recognised institution and is still standing.”

The outer portion of the tabernacle stands for the religious affiliations and institutions people associate with in their understanding of God.

But as long as men still look at these denominations as the definition of what the Church is or as the ultimate source of truth, they can never intimately know God.

God is not Baptist, Methodist, Orthodox, Anglican or Pentecostal. He is God.

In themselves, some of these institutions demonstrate certain attributes of God but they error in the assumption that what they see represents the total sum of who He is.

If you must see God in His fullness, then you ought to look past your religious affiliation and seek Him in the simplicity of knowing Him.

FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 2:18, 1 Corinthians 3:3-4

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

If you must see God in His fullness, then you ought to look past your religious affiliation and seek Him in the simplicity of knowing Him.

PRAYER: My Lord, I am grateful for this Word. I receive the revelation of this sacred way into the most Holy Place. I do not consider religious affiliation as the source of my affirmations. I stand before you without any veils and behold your face in truth. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

To Walk With God

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 13:12(KJV), For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

There is a difference between being in a covenant with God and having a personal relationship with Him.

In the scriptures, God established a relationship with certain men even in the covenant that He had with Israel.

For example, God had a personal relationship with Moses even though he had a covenant with Israel (Number 12:6-8).

There are things that will follow you by virtue of the covenant.

For example, Paul writes in Hebrews 6:9; “Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.”

Because you are Born Again (in a covenant with God), certain things are automatically your portion.

However, there are graces in which you will function because you are not only a covenant child but have a personal relationship with God.

When you are in a personal relationship with Him, He places a more unique mark upon your spirit.

In the covenant, we all are “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” (1 Peter 2:9).

However, even though we are all chosen, one in a relationship is set apart among the chosen; we are all a royal priesthood but another burns incense in the holiest place; we are all peculiar but he is peculiar even in this peculiarity. That is called distinction!

Seek a personal relationship with God because it is what makes you distinctive in your generation.

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 139:3, Exodus 33:11

GOLDEN NUGGET:
There is a difference between being in a covenant with God and having a personal relationship with Him. Beyond covenant, seek a personal relationship with God because it is what makes you distinctive in your generation.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your Word. I am a covenant child, and have purposed to walk in an intimate relationship with you. I carry the seal of your ownership on my spirit and stand out in my generation as one that knows you and is known of you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Apôtre Grace Lubega

POUR MARCHER AVEC DIEU

1 Corinthiens 13:12 (KJV) Aujourd’hui nous voyons au moyen d’un miroir, d’une manière obscure, mais alors nous verrons face à face; aujourd’hui je connais en partie, mais alors je connaîtrai comme j’ai été connu.

Il y a une différence entre être dans une alliance avec Dieu et avoir une relation personnelle avec Lui.

Dans les écritures, Dieu a établi une relation avec certains hommes même dans l’alliance qu’Il avait avec Israël.

Par exemple, Dieu avait une relation personnelle avec Moïse même s’il avait une alliance avec Israël (Nombres 12:6-8).

Il y a des choses qui vous suivront en vertu de l’alliance.

Par exemple, Paul écrit dans Hébreux 6:9 : « Bien-aimés, nous sommes persuadés de meilleures choses de vous, et des choses qui accompagnent le salut, bien que nous parlions ainsi. »

Parce que vous êtes Né de Nouveau (dans une alliance avec Dieu), certaines choses sont automatiquement votre part.

Cependant, il y a des grâces dans lesquelles vous allez fonctionner parce que vous n’êtes pas seulement un enfant de l’alliance mais une relation personnelle avec Dieu.

Lorsque vous êtes en relation personnelle avec Lui, Il place une marque plus unique sur votre esprit.

Dans l’alliance, nous sommes tous « une génération choisie, un sacerdoce royal, une nation sainte, un peuple particulier ; afin que vous fassiez connaître les louanges de celui qui vous a appelés des ténèbres à sa merveilleuse lumière. » (1 Pierre 2:9).

Cependant, même si nous sommes tous choisis, l’un dans une relation est mis à part parmi les élus ; nous sommes tous un sacerdoce royal, mais un autre brûle de l’encens dans le lieu le plus sacré ; nous sommes tous particuliers mais il est particulier même dans cette particularité. C’est ce qu’on appelle la distinction !

Cherchez une relation personnelle avec Dieu car c’est ce qui vous distingue dans votre génération.

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Psaumes 139:3, Exode 33:11

PÉPITE D’OR : Il y a une différence entre être dans une alliance avec Dieu et avoir une relation personnelle avec Lui. Au-delà de l’alliance, cherchez une relation personnelle avec Dieu car c’est ce qui vous distingue dans votre génération.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour ta Parole. Je suis un enfant d’alliance, et je me suis proposé de marcher dans une relation intime avec vous. Je porte le sceau de ta propriété sur mon esprit et je me distingue dans ma génération comme quelqu’un qui te connaît et que est connu de toi. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

Knowledge Is Intimacy

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Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 13:12(KJV), For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Knowledge is intimacy. When He says He knows you, it means that He is intimate with you.

This intimacy leads to union of which the Bible says, “He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.”(1 Corinthians 6:17).

The essence of knowledge therefore is to create a union between you and God. Knowledge should never separate you from the God you seek to know.

Some quote the scripture in Isaiah 55:9, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” to justify their separation from God. To them, He is up in heaven and they are down on the earth and are nothing to Him.

But weightier truth reveals that “we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16) and that He has made known unto us the mystery of His will (Ephesians 1:9).

These truths in themselves are a manifestation of the oneness we share with God.

Everything revealed by God is to remind you of your oneness with Him.

Study the Word and receive revelation in oneness with God. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: John 17:23, 1 Corinthians 6:17

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

Knowledge should never separate you from the God you seek to know. Everything revealed by God is to remind you of your oneness with Him.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. I receive revelation in the understanding that it establishes me in the union of my spirit with you. I walk, study and pray as one who is one with you. Because I receive knowledge in this understanding, when people see me, they see you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Apôtre Grace Lubega

LA CONNAISSANCE EST L’INTIMITÉ

1 Corinthiens 13:12 (KJV) Aujourd’hui nous voyons au moyen d’un miroir, d’une manière obscure, mais alors nous verrons face à face; aujourd’hui je connais en partie, mais alors je connaîtrai comme j’ai été connu.

La connaissance est l’intimité. Quand Il dit qu’Il vous connaît, cela signifie qu’Il est intime avec vous.

Cette intimité conduit à l’union dont la Bible dit : « Celui qui est uni au Seigneur est un seul esprit avec Lui. » (1 Corinthiens 6:17).

L’essence de la connaissance est donc de créer une union entre vous et Dieu. La connaissance ne devrait jamais vous séparer du Dieu que vous cherchez à connaître.

Certains citent l’écriture dans Esaïe 55:9 : « Car comme les cieux sont plus élevés que la terre, ainsi mes voies sont plus élevées que vos voies et mes pensées que vos pensées » pour justifier leur séparation de Dieu. Pour eux, Il est au ciel et ils sont sur la terre et ne sont rien pour Lui.

Mais une vérité plus pesante révèle que « nous avons l’esprit du Christ » (1 Corinthiens 2:16) et qu’Il nous a fait connaître le mystère de Sa volonté (Éphésiens 1:9).

Ces vérités en elles-mêmes sont une manifestation de l’unité que nous partageons avec Dieu.

Tout ce que Dieu révèle est de vous rappeler votre unité avec Lui.

Étudiez la Parole et recevez la révélation dans l’unité avec Dieu. Alléluia !

ÉUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Jean 17:23, 1 Corinthiens 6:17

PÉPITE D’OR : La connaissance ne devrait jamais vous séparer du Dieu que vous cherchez à connaître. Tout ce que Dieu révèle est de vous rappeler votre unité avec Lui.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour cette Parole. Je reçois la révélation dans la compréhension qu’elle m’établit dans l’union de mon esprit avec toi. Je marche, étudie et prie comme quelqu’un qui est un avec toi. Parce que je reçois la connaissance dans cette compréhension, quand les gens me voient, ils te voient. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

The Love Walk

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ephesians 3:19 (AMP); [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!

Christianity is a life of spiritual experiences.

However, it is possible to have knowledge and not walk in the experiences of the same.

Our theme scripture calls this “mere knowledge.”

It is mere knowledge (void of experiences) because it is not grounded in love.

Love is constant in every dimension of the Spirit, because it is the highest revelation of the person of God.

As you grow and function in these dimensions of the Spirit, it is important that you be perfected in the love of God.

If you are not, then you cannot have access to certain places in God: there are dimensions you will not reach because those dimensions in themselves are for men who have fully understood that God is love (1 John 4:8).

Your every increase in knowledge is weighed by the standard of love.

You may know the foundations of the earth and the positioning of its cornerstone, the path of light and the place of darkness, the gates of death and the doors of its shadow, the ordinances of heaven and their dominion on the earth, the movements of the winds of the Spirit or the influence and direction of all the constellations.

But 1 Corinthians 13:2 says, “Though I understand all mysteries and have all knowledge yet have no charity, then I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2).

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 4:8

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Love is constant in every dimension of the Spirit, because it is the highest revelation of the person of God.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the revelation of your love. Even as I grow in knowledge and how to function in the dimensions of the spirit, I am perfected in your love. I can never know too much to love. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

His Depths And Heights

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 3:20(KJV), By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Depths in God have levels; every time more knowledge comes to your spirit, a particular level of depth is broken and you are launched deeper in God.

These depths define your heights: how deep you are in God determines how high you fly in the things of the Spirit.

We often claim God’s promise to Abraham, “I am giving all this land AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession” Genesis 13:15 (NLT).

However, no one can travel and see far in the things of God without a corresponding level of depth.

When He says “as far as you can see,” the question is, how deep are you in God?

God took Abraham to Canaan and while there, He asked him to see. Canaan is translated to mean a “low land.” This allegorically is depth.

It was having considerable depth in God that enabled Abraham to look East, West, North and South and not see just the physical stretch of land before him but to see the world.

For such, He became the father of nations (Romans 4:18).

Seek to launch deeper in God; when you see from these depths, you will always look beyond the limitations of the earth to the limitlessness of the Spirit. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Revelation 4:1, 1 Corinthians 2:9-10

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

Seek to launch deeper in God; when you see from these depths, you will always look beyond the limitations of the earth to the limitlessness of the Spirit.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your Word. It launches me deeper into the knowledge of you. Even as depths break for me, I soar higher in the things of the Spirit; my circumference of influence is increased and in these heights I do greater things for the sake of the kingdom. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Launch Into The Deep

Apostle Grace Lubega

Luke 5:4-6(KJV), Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake…When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

There are depths in God which the scriptures define as bottomless (1 Corinthians 2:10 AMP).

These depths are realms in the knowledge of God.

They define the glory to glory experiences of the Church, that increase of the knowledge of God as we continue to look into “the kingdom of glass.”(2 Corinthians 3:18).

When you launch into the deep, God reveals divine truths that no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no heart has imagined (1 Corinthians 2:9).

When Peter heeded this instruction from our Lord Jesus Christ, “they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake…” and “when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”

Peter’s sin was not just his personal conviction over the state of his life, but was also the sin of unbelief. For whatsoever is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23).

The Spirit of revelation works with men of faith. God wants to reveal to you things in Him that will cause you to repent; He wants to lead you to unsearchable places that you never thought possible; He desires to flood your spirit with the knowledge of Him until you are submerged in Him.

Simply launch out in faith. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 2:10, Romans 11:33

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God wants to reveal to you things in Him that will cause you to repent; He wants to lead you to unsearchable places that you never thought possible; He desires to flood your spirit with the knowledge of Him until you are submerged in Him. Simply launch out in faith.

PRAYER: Father, your Word is great, the riches of your wisdom and knowledge are past finding out. By the Spirit of revelation, I am launched into unsearchable depths. I see and hear that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard and what has not entered into the hearts of men. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Love, The Substance Of The True Light

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1 John 4:8 (KJV), He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

God is primarily love. Before you seek to understand Him as the “source of mysteries and in whom are “unsearchable depths”, behold Him as love first.

From love, the true light derives its substance.

God (who is love) is light. In Him, there is no darkness or shadow of turning (1 John 1:5).

Indeed what casts “shadows” in any light is the absence of love.

Not all light is true, always remember that.

For example, the men who called Jesus Beelzebub, the prince of devils, (Mark 3:22) saw from a certain light but this light did not carry the substance of love.

When Paul persecuted the Church (Galatians 1:13), it was because he saw God from a different light, which light was without love.

In the absence of love, any revelation you receive will be a false light.

In distinguishing the lights, the scriptures require us to “speak the truth in love.” (Ephesians 4:15) because love causes light to radiate with truth.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 John 1:5, Matthew 6:23

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God is primarily love. Before you seek to understand Him as the “source of mysteries and in whom are “unsearchable depths”, behold Him as love first. From love, the true light derives its substance.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. I am perfected in your love and walk in the true light. Even as revelation floods my spirit, it radiates with love and establishes the convictions of truth in my spirit and the spirits of those who hear me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.