SPIRITUAL REALITIES

                I received an angel-message today.  I was struggling with something in spirit.  I was weak, and mind dwelled somewhere that it shouldn’t. 

                Alone, I was burdened and ready to concede to affecting lesser state of spirit.  I was committed to follow where I knew I should not go.  Then, just as I was near, my phone sounded with message after message in succinct and persistent repetition. 

                The sound broke me from my state, and I read what it was that came: a multi-page passage on prayer from someone I’ve met but a few times in my life; but, every time I do, arrives in perfect timing and message: messages that strike my spirit in ways I do not ask, do not seek, and often—in moment—do not wish to hear.

                I’ve told them before I believe, in their own way, they are an angel to me; and when I say, they respond only with further words of prayer, praise, and God’s goodness.

                A short while before the message from my friend, trying to change the state and focus of my spirit, I prayed, “God, I’m weak.  I’m not strong…Please help me.”

                I opened a Bible after, still trying to turn my spirit.  I began the first book of Samuel (1 Kings, not 1 Samuel, in my Douay-Rheims version).  I read the third chapter when God first speaks to Samuel, and Samuel does not understand.  When spoken to, Samuel rises and, believing the voice to be that of the high priest Heli, goes to the priest and answers, “Here am I for thou didst call me.”

                Twice, this happens.  Twice, Heli denies, but on the third time, Heli discerns.  Heli tells Samuel, “Go, and sleep: and if he shall call thee any more, thou shalt say: Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.”

                Reading this passage, and praying alone, I still struggled; then God spoke by sign in exact moment when I needed. 

                Phone soundings broke me from my state, and reiteration and context of God’s speaking to Samuel appeared through sign in my own real-world circumstance.

                The passage read:

                “Even when those things which ‘eye has not seen and ear has not heard,’ the Spirit is able to reveal to us—what we need to know, when we need to know it—‘not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts and spiritual words.’  Through the avenue of humble, believing prayer, He illumines God’s Word and makes God’s true nature come alive to us, convincing us of spiritual realities…Reminding us who we are in Christ.  Comforting us in his love and care

                …You hear people say something how He ‘speaks’ to them.  But this speaking is not so much an audible hearing but an internal knowing—a good and timely thought accompanied by a holy burden and a desire to do something specific for the glory of God.  It’s the Spirit saying to you, ‘This is the way, walk in it.’

                Some people question whether He communicates so personally to us, but the testimony of the Scripture seems to indicate otherwise…Sometimes He may bring a person to mind from seemingly out of nowhere, encouraging you to pray for them or reach out to them in love according to their need and His will.  Stay open to the kind of promoting, but be aware that the Spirit will never act in contradiction to the Word of God but always lead you to obey and live out the Word in your personal, real-world circumstances.”[i] 

                And so it lived—in spiritual thoughts with spiritual words, by being brought to another’s mind from seemingly out of nowhere, who reached out in love according to my need and His will—just as the message told, illuming God’s Word and truth.

                By sign in spiritual word, I was drawn from a shadow and revealed, spoken to in message, what (I) needed to know, when I need(ed) to know it.

                Affected, what after is my burden and desire to do something specific to the glory of God?

                My answer: to give testimony, telling Truth as it lived for me. 


[i] Kendrick, Steven and Alex.  The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies, p 157-158

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