It is not easy to think that we “know” over problems like this, but we should remember that while knowledge may make a man look big, it is only love that can make him grow to his full stature. For whatever a man may know, he still has a lot to learn, but if he loves God, he is opening his whole life to the Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 8:1b-3 PHILLIPS
The fact is we can advance a long way in spiritual information ( mental knowledge ) beyond our real experiential measure, and then when the storm hits us, we have a shock in discovering that all we have accumulated throughout the years .. does not help us. We are in the midst of crisis and have to say, “I haven’t got the reality I thought I had, and my knowledge isn’t helping me” … and I’m brought right back to my very foundation of my REAL, personal, living knowledge (Rhema word via experience), of the Lord Himself .. or the lack thereof. The peril that faces us then of course (that SO many do), is to jettison all the teaching ( and our supposed ‘faith’ ) we have had and to say it is a valueless thing. It is NOT valueless; BUT we must recognize that there is a difference between the mental knowledge of God and the scriptures in our minds, and the Holy Spirit USING that knowledge to accomplish God’s ends. We must force ourselves to come back to every fragment and bring them back to the Lord, with an attitude of humility and say to Him, “Lord, please save me from ever coming to a time when what I have ‘heard’ proves only to have been a ‘thing’ heard; but make it a basis of the Holy Spirit’s activity through me and in me to reach Your end.”
IF we can begin to understand this difference, it is going to be a great deliverance for us. Why are the people of God suffering? So that they might be conformed to the image of Jesus. For some tragically, they may need the world upheaval to do that, but God will use all conditions to that end. And unfortunately there are multitudes sitting in a cushy Church right now that do need a world shaking. They are bound up in the externalities and religion of Christianity and it’s whole structure and system. And it may take a complete overthrow and destruction to raise serious and tremendous questions about the whole business so that the Spirit of God can bring people to a place where He can really begin the work in them which He has come to do in them.
Are you reader …facing a crisis right now? Are you wondering whether what you’ve learned is really helping you? You actually need the Holy Spirit to help you. Do you need a very REAL God who dwells within you, to advise you and work within you giving you HIS instructions and …comfort?
Why don’t you begin to pour out your heart to Him … right now.
Then stop… and listen to … Him. What scriptures is He wanting to reveal to your heart and soul? Do you feel His love? What is He asking you to do …for others? Then go do what He tells you to do … in His love.