I attended
church one Sunday evening with a couple of friends. After the service, we
decided to go to a local fast food dairy store and have some ice cream.
I was sitting in
the back seat and, as we traveled along, I leaned forward and began to share with
my friends some of the wonderful supernatural ways in which God had been using
me lately.
Phil was driving
and Fay was sitting on the passenger's side. I could see Fay plainly and no
sooner had I finished speaking than I clearly heard her say,
"I wish God
would use me that way."
Though I never
saw her lips move, I distinctly heard those words, as if she had spoken them
out loud.
I was so
convinced of what I just heard that I turned to her and said,
"God will use you. All you have to do is
believe."
She turned her
head toward me and, with an astonished look on her face, asked, "Why did you say that!"
I said,
"Isn't that what you was thinking?"
"Yes,"
she replied. "But I never actually said
anything. How did you know that's what I was thinking?"
"Because I heard your thoughts," I replied.
We have this
example in the New Testament where Jesus new men's thoughts:
"And at once some of the Pharisees said within themselves,
'This Man
blasphemes!' But Jesus, knowing
their thoughts,
said, 'Why do you think evil in
your hearts?' " -
The words used
here, "said within
themselves", means the Pharisees were thinking this, but didn't say it out loud.
Another case of
the Lord knowing man's thoughts is recorded in Luke
11:16-17.
"Others testing Him, sought from Him a sign from
Heaven.
But
He, knowing their thoughts, said to
them:"
The word "testing" in this verse means
the people were trying to manipulate Jesus into doing something. They were
using deception to trick Him but Jesus knew their real intent because He could
read their thoughts.
Jesus said in I John 14:12 -
"Truly.
truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works
that I do, he
will do also;"
Christ was able
to know men's thoughts through the power of the Holy Spirit indwelling him and,
according to this scripture, Christians are capable of experiencing some of the same supernatural
manifestations of God that Jesus did.
One of the nine spiritual
gifts mentioned in 1st Corinthians the 12th Chapter, which is available to all
believers as The Holy Spirit wills, is the word of knowledge. This is the
ability to supernaturally know facts about people, places and things, just as
Jesus did .
In my particular
case, the Lord was temporarily granting me the ability through the word of
knowledge to hear the longing of this woman's heart.
Now, I have
found that God always has practical reasons for the things He does and it
appears He had a two-fold purpose in this particular supernatural manifestation
of His Great Spirit:
1. It was meant to build up my own level of faith
and understanding in the
Gifts of The Spirit.
2. More
importantly, it occurred to give Fay assurance that God knows her
personally and
loves her enough to take the time to respond concerning
the cry of her
heart.
What an
Awesome and Loving God we serve!
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