The Deception of Presumption
"Keep back thy servant also from presumptous sins..." (Psalms 19:13)
Why is it that when we stumble into a new insight, thought, or "revelation" we assume that no one else or very few others could have already been privy to it!?
Over the years, I have been amazed at the number of writers, speakers, and especially Christian leaders who make the statement or the inference that their current vision or revelation is either "a first" or like none other in the land. This world and its occupants are too vast for us to believe that when an idea or a concept is released in the earth realm that we are the only receptacle for it.
Your timing and positioning could play a large role in your receiving a "next level" revelation. We are made aware from biblical, historical, and even current events that some of the same experiences happen to people at different ages and stages in their lives. I am prone to agree with Solomon when he declared that "There is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9).
In many instances, I believe that what has been shall be. We acknowledge an infinite God who is the "intelligent designer" of all creation. His Word tells us that He is perfecting those things concerning us; so I certainly believe that He has been perfecting His will in man throughout the ages. Historically, there has been a foreshadowing of anything that we are realizing, understanding, or downloading in our spiritual, ministerial, business, social, and civic lives. Yes, this is a day of revealed mysteries, but if you study or even glance back over the ages, you will find persons that were forerunning for today.
The same day that a light bulb came on over your head about a bit of Kingdom insight or a witty invention, it also illumined the minds and spirits of a number of other earth beings because their positioning and conditioning had been synchronized with the hour of manifestation. That's why there are so many successful hamburger, hotdog, hot wings, fish, and chicken joints in the land at the same time.
I hear some young people speak, especially in the church, as if the mind of God was not revealed until He got to them. I am aware of how that must feel because our Father always deals so forthright and so personal with us that it appears as if only you were singled out for a particular revelation. But God cannot and will not be limited. If one fails, there's the possibility that another seed will produce.
We must be very careful because God would say to us what He said to Elijah when he was proclaiming that he was "very zealous for the Lord" and that he was the only one left standing..."Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal..." (see I King 19:9-18).
Your timing and positioning could play a large role in your receiving a "next level" revelation. We are made aware from biblical, historical, and even current events that some of the same experiences happen to people at different ages and stages in their lives. I am prone to agree with Solomon when he declared that "There is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9).
In many instances, I believe that what has been shall be. We acknowledge an infinite God who is the "intelligent designer" of all creation. His Word tells us that He is perfecting those things concerning us; so I certainly believe that He has been perfecting His will in man throughout the ages. Historically, there has been a foreshadowing of anything that we are realizing, understanding, or downloading in our spiritual, ministerial, business, social, and civic lives. Yes, this is a day of revealed mysteries, but if you study or even glance back over the ages, you will find persons that were forerunning for today.
The same day that a light bulb came on over your head about a bit of Kingdom insight or a witty invention, it also illumined the minds and spirits of a number of other earth beings because their positioning and conditioning had been synchronized with the hour of manifestation. That's why there are so many successful hamburger, hotdog, hot wings, fish, and chicken joints in the land at the same time.
I hear some young people speak, especially in the church, as if the mind of God was not revealed until He got to them. I am aware of how that must feel because our Father always deals so forthright and so personal with us that it appears as if only you were singled out for a particular revelation. But God cannot and will not be limited. If one fails, there's the possibility that another seed will produce.
We must be very careful because God would say to us what He said to Elijah when he was proclaiming that he was "very zealous for the Lord" and that he was the only one left standing..."Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal..." (see I King 19:9-18).
