Note:
This
is a Guest Post used with permission from Guest Author Apostle
Charles Sewanyana,
President and Founder of Gracious Ministries International.
But
as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:
for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. —
(1
Corinthians 2:9-10)
I remember one January day several years ago when I was aroused from my sleep very early in the morning, and I sensed that the Holy Spirit was awaking me because there was something He wanted to tell me. At first, I thought I was just having a difficult time sleeping, so I tried to shrug it off and go back to sleep. But the longer I lay there in my bed, the more I became aware that it was God who was stirring up my spirit. There was something He wanted to say to me.
For
months preceding that time, I had been seeking answers to some very
important questions about the steps we needed to take in order to
fulfill the assignment God had given us. I had spent hundreds of
hours thinking over the questions I faced. I had worked my ink pen
over endless pages that were scrawled with my notes. Yet I couldn’t
find the right answer to the questions that were constantly on my
mind. I had prayed and prayed about it, but it seemed that the
correct answers kept evading me. Then in the early hours of that
January morning, the answers suddenly came!
I
walked back and forth in our apartment as I prayed. Finally, I went
into the dining room and lay my head on the dining table to pray more
earnestly. I said, “Holy Spirit, what is it that You want to reveal
to me this morning? What is it that You want to communicate to me?”
Suddenly
— and very unexpectedly — it seemed as if the spiritual realm
miraculously opened, and a stream of information descended from
Heaven and began to pour the answers I needed directly into my mind!
As that information began surging into my mind, I instantly saw the
solutions for which I had been seeking for so long! It was as if the
Holy Spirit said, “Let Me pull the curtains off your mind, so you
can see everything you’ve been desiring to see. I will remove the
veil of ignorance that has blinded your sight. When I do this, the
ignorance will be removed and you’ll instantly know every answer
you’ve been seeking!”
This
was not the first time I’d had that experience. The Holy Spirit had
revealed many things to me through the years — and I know He will
continue to be my unlimited Source of divine revelation for the rest
of the time I live on this earth. He will do the same for any person
who genuinely seeks to know God’s will for his or her life, for
this is the right of every child of God.
Regarding
the Holy Spirit’s supernatural revelation to believers, the apostle
Paul wrote, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them
unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the
deep things of God” (1
Corinthians 2:9-10).
Paul
begins this verse by talking about man’s inability to understand
the deep things of God by himself. It could have been translated,
“The heart of man could never dream, imagine, or conjure up the
things God hath prepared for them that love Him.” The human mind,
by itself, cannot fathom, even in its wildest imagination, the
wonderful things God has prepared for His people! If this is so, then
how can you and I ever comprehend what God has planned for us?
Paul
tells us the answer in the above verse: “But God hath revealed them
unto us by His Spirit….” This means the day of ignorance is gone!
Because the Holy Spirit has come, we can now know all the things God
has planned and prepared for us!
Notice
that Paul says, “But God hath revealed them unto us by his
Spirit....” The word “revealed” is the word “apokalupto”,
which means to unveil, to reveal, or to uncover. It is actually a
picture of something that is veiled or hidden at the moment when its
veil or covering is suddenly removed. As a result, what was hidden
for so long now comes into plain view. And God does all of this by
His Spirit — just as He did for me on that early morning in
January!
To
Be Continued – Don't Miss “What Was Previously Hidden” In Part
Two Of This Guest Post.