Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Spirit

"God is Spirit..."      John 4:24

Some of the greatest accomplishments in the Kingdom of God, are not seen, nor heard of at the time, by anyone in the flesh, but are done in the realm of the Spirit. 
We think that whatever we have been shown by God must require that we strive to bring it forth to crowds and audiences. Sometimes, this IS the case, but great things can be revealed to many by God's sovereign will and power, rather than our own.
The realm of the Spirit of God is filled with His character of omniscience. The dictionary definition of omniscience is: infinite awareness, understanding and insight; possessed of universal or complete knowledge.
From this we know that there is nothing said, done, or revealed in secret, of which our Father is not aware. He creates in Spirit, He speaks in Spirit, He reveals truth in Spirit. Let's look at an example.
Jesus had a disciple named John. As John gave witness throughout his life of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, church history tells us that several attempts were made to kill him, in order to stop his message from reaching people. These attempts upon his life were miraculously not successful. In a last attempt to keep John's eyewitness account from reaching others, John was exiled to the Isle of Patmos. Patmos means "my killing", and is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey. At the time of John's exile, it was described as "sterile", or barren, not producing vegetation, nor inhabited by other life. It is rugged terrain and about 30 miles in circumference. John was isolated from all other humans.
We do not know how long John was on this island before he began to hear and see something in the spirit realm. He had no other communication, so it can be assumed that he spent at least part of his time, if not all of it, praying, meditating, and living in that place of communion with our omniscient, omnipresent Father.
John begins his account this way: "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last..." (Revelation 1:10) With no other humans around, John supernaturally sees and hears Jesus Christ, Who begins to reveal to him things that are to occur at a future time.
In verse 11 of Revelation chapter 1, John is instructed by Jesus what he must do:
"What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches..."
As John faithfully wrote what he was shown in the Spirit, he must have wondered how anyone else would ever see the book, considering his present circumstances. The things revealed to him were of enormous importance, and he must have felt the need to tell many what the Lord was showing to him. However, being in his position of isolation and exile, his opportunities to do so were non-existent. Perhaps there were occasions when he felt he was even wasting his time writing down this extensive material, which other people may never see, but he was obedient to his instructions from Jesus.
But our Father is able, regardless of the hindrances, obstacles, or circumstances, to overcome all physical conditions, because He is Spirit. All mankind now has the opportunity to read and wonder in amazement at the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, found in scripture, faithfully reported by John on the Isle of Patmos.
Sometimes the greatest things in the Kingdom, are not accomplished by our own efforts, nor through human understanding and expectations, but by the power of God in the Spirit.

Our Father is Spirit.

"In the Spirit" - instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s52o9_2pi1U

Excerpt from "Patmos"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoN-iMIOFlY

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