I was in the mountains of northern Idaho, God's beauty everywhere. We saw bear, moose, white tail deer and mule deer , but I was elk hunting and it seemed they had moved out of the mountains to live somewhere else. A drought in the mountains made them leave their usual spots and we just couldnt find them. By Thursday, I was getting pretty disappointed for I had planned this trip for 9 months. When I came out of the mountains on Friday, it seemed that I had a barrage of negative thoughts and spiritual attack. The battle seemed to increase over the next few days. What's going on??? This isn't what I hoped for or what I anticipated. Here we are in the middle of an encounter with the Holy Spirit and I run into a mess of junk from the outside and the inside. The only voice that seemed clear was the murmuring spirits that love to sink me into the pits. I prayed but couldn't break through the junk. Finally, I asked the right question. "Lord, why do I fall into this same pit?" What is the access point for the enemy that is in my life? I asked the Holy Spirit to release the gift of discernment of spirits and show me the access point. What he showed me was a root of fear and pride that I was unaware of, but had symptoms of for some time. As I wrote down what the dark voice said to me, it was so obvious that I did not believe it or want to defend it. Part of the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to help us discern the dark spiritual activity that is around, among and in us. He shows us to free us not to condemn us. After talking with a trusted friend, we prayed together for freedom and an uprooting of all the negative things I had heard and agreed with.
Sometimes, our journey takes us into territory that we do not expect or even like to venture into. Yet our confidence is that the God who loves us has sent us His Spirit to be with us and make us into the likeness of His firstborn Son. Our trust is in the Lord that He will do a good work in us. This is how the Spirit has worked in me in this past week. What is the Spirit of God doing, working, teaching, forming and revealing within you??
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I have a constant worry that I will be abandoned and not cared about. As I brought this fear to the Lord He reminded me that His word says He will not leave me nor forsake me and the Holy Spirit said to me, "I am Your Father, I will take care of you, don't worry anymore." How can you argue with that?
WOW WOW WOW, moment, get this, because this is what being naturally supernatural is about because God truly is naturally being Himself Tonight I have experienced God. No, I wasn't at church, I was at home. At midnight in between November 9 and 10th of 2007 I heard a knock at my door. By all fleshly standards I've shouldn't have answered the knock. I should've been scared. I wasn't though. The Holy Spirit told me to answer the door. Even in my cheetah pj pants I wasn't even worried. There stood a 14 year old girl, freezing, crying and alone. I opened my door, I hugged her, brought her in, gave her water and warmth. I told her of the God that brought her to my home. I explained that Jesus came to give us abundant life even though Satan wants us to be dead men walking. I told her of my life. She told me of hers. Even her secret life of cutting herself. The Holy Spirit hovered as she called her mom to pick her up. I held a crying teenager. As her mother came, the police followed. The young girl wouldn't talk at all to the officer and was arrested for being a runaway. I made sure she and her mother had my phone number and name so if I could do anything they could get a hold of me.
After the girl was taken away the mother cried a mother's tears of sorrow and pain. I held a crying mother. All I could do is let her cry. Even now I am moved in empathy to tears. I repeated the same words of encouragement, letting the mother know that there is a Big God that can do more than we can ask, above and beyond all that we ask. I gave her water and let know I was here. She thanked me, hopefully with a knowledge of the Christ I hold so dear. I have faith both people will be saved and God is turning around their lives as I sit write this out.
We have a great God, HE IS GOOD! Do not be discouraged if you can not be everywhere you wish you could be, because God can meet you wherever you are if you allow Him. Holy is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
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