I know personally how hands-on the Holy Spirit is with revelations, if you determine to keep your mind set on Him, He will reveal things to you in a very personal way, we just need to pay attention and be aware, because often He is speaking to us, we just are oblivious to it. Not sure what I mean? Let me give you a couple of personal examples.
A month ago, I was battling extreme spiritual warfare and deep in prayer – my son is a pizza fanatic, so for dinner one night, I ordered him pizza to be delivered to our house; when the delivery came, they dropped off at our entrance TWO pizzas, one of them was the one I had ordered for him, the other – my favorite thin crust, extra tomato sauce, pepperoni and sausage pizza with spinach… My son and I looked at each other with eyebrows raised, I had not ordered it. A double portion blessing, directly from the Father! (No one can tell me God does not have a sense of humor). It didn’t occur to me until later on, that God had brought me pizza! Holy Spirit whispered in my ear, “so how did you like the pizza?” And I was embarrassed, because I hadn’t caught that it was from Him! An unexpected, unasked for blessing! Glory to God! Hallelujah! A definite God-Moment.
Secondly, I had been on a 21 Day Fast, going deeper into prayer with the expectation of hearing a Rhema Word from God. My fast was one where I allowed myself to have liquids only (except no coffee) and 1 chosen meal a day. On my way into my office, I pulled over to a drive through fast food restaurant to get a large glass of orange juice and a hot cup of hot chocolate, after paying for it at the window, the cashier told me to pull my car over and they would bring my order out. He handed me a large orange juice, surprised I said, “okay” and pulled my car over to wait for the hot chocolate. A few minutes later, one of the workers came out with my hot chocolate and a second large orange juice. I tried to tell them, but they just handed me the order and went back inside – another double portion blessing. I giggled and politely thanked Holy Spirit for the double OJ, but decided to “pay it forward” and passed the blessing on to my receptionist when I arrived at my office. Sharing is caring…
If you turn your attention to what God is doing, you might realize that He has been blessing you all along, you just haven’t realized that it is Him! Maybe you just shrug your shoulders, chalk it up as a mistake and go about your day. But often, it’s God trying to tell you how much He loves you. The Bible says in Matthew 7:11:
“If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”
I felt so bad because I realized that there are times when I am oblivious to blessings that God gives me, and I had to pray:
“Father, I love and appreciate You so much! Please forgive me for the times I overlook the “small” things you do to show your love for me. The times when I don’t give You the proper thanks, or think about what a good, good Father You are to me. Please forgive me for the times when I have taken You for granted. Thank You for the unexpected blessings that I didn’t see coming, I can be dense sometimes, forgive me and help me to see You in ALL my moments. In Jesus’ name I pray Amen.”
Ironically, yesterday morning I had an early morning appointment, I had been driving my husband’s car and had switched over to my smaller car forgetting my cell phone car holder in his, and thinking that I had left my driving glasses in his car; not wanting to turn around and retract my steps, I decided to continue on, I wasn’t quite sure where I was going so I had my phone GPS coming through my blue tooth headset, it was chilly outside and it started to rain. I started praying for traveling mercies as my vision through the windshield became blurry and harder to see. I don’t know if this is the same for you, but the moments I hear most from the Lord is either when I am in the shower or driving my car. I had been praying that Holy Spirit would enlighten me as to what it was He next wanted me to write about, I always pray while I’m in my car driving, perfect time to have conversations with God. I berated myself for not having rerouted to go get my glasses, and as I preceded with caution, Holy Spirit brought to my remembrance a scripture, 1 Corinthians 13:12:
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.”
It occurred to me that the same blurriness I was experience driving with the rain beating down on my windows, even with the windshield wiper going to and fro, is the dimness that we experience spiritually. Holy Spirit was giving me a visual comparison, and I realized as I was driving, that I was driving with extra caution. I could not clearly see in front of me in detail, but I proceeded with my driving. My visual perception of what was in front of me, was not the visual perception of my Father, who can see ALL things. My visual problems driving in the rain, were not HIS. He reigns above it because He is sovereign. I found myself praising Him as I drove, thanking Him that no matter how I see, He sees ALL things. He is aware of ALL situations. NOTHING surprises Him. There is peace in that, isn’t there?
Well Holy Spirit did not stop there…. No Siree Bob! The visual and lesson (which by the way gave me “spiritual clarity” – and yes, my pun is intentional 🙂 ) As I pulled into a parking spot in front of my destination, I turned the car off and reached into my purse. There in my purse were my driving glasses. I had had them with me the whole time…. I raised up my face and laughed. “Okay Holy Spirit, I get it…” I said in amusement. Often, the things that we need most, God has already provided us with – we just don’t always tap in, recognize it or use them…. I raised my hands up in amused surrender. What I needed most had always been with me. God IS always there, even when we don’t realize it. God HAS provided for ALL our needs, our problem is that we “seeing dimly” often don’t recognize it when it’s “as plain as the nose on our faces.”
Lesson to my story, let’s pray for eyes to see, ears to hear and hearts to receive ALL that God has for us and ALL that He has already given us… And let’s remember to THANK Him as well. He is a GOOD GOOD Father, we just need to open up our eyes and see it. He loves YOU special, you just have to pay attention and you’ll see these words are true. God REALLY does bless us MORE abundantly than we can imagine. Psalms 9:1:
“I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”
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