Word of Knowledge

Its hard to figure out what to write tonight. My head is going in a million different directions. I know that God is control. I just have to do what Im telling Ms. So. CA to do, Wait on the Lord and wait patiently for him. Do not fret because of Him who prospers in his way.” That’s from Psalms. I try not to feel sorry for myself too much. It was ultimately my choice to come over here after God’s prompting. I know Im here because God wants me here but he never forces us to do anything. Man plans his way but God directs his steps. Maybe my way was to do some sort of ministry work in my professional field and God led me here. I know Im supposed to be here during this season.

God really has been doing some amazing things in my life. I have told you that God speaks to me. At first I thought it was just for me, but the more that I look back, He has often given me words for others. I think I realized that I do have a spiritual gift. It is the Word of Knowledge. God has always spoken to me, but it took the refining fire of walking towards God through my divorce to really make it real and intense. I have to be extremely careful of who I tell that to. I can’t say…Hey you know what, God speaks to me…they might put me in the Looney bin. Wait I already say that…Im not in the Looney Bin yet…weird. Like when God revealed himself to Joseph. What God said was true…but he probably shouldn’t have told His brothers “Hey guess what, you’re going to be bowing down to me someday.” So God tells me some things I don’t share with people. But lately he’s been opening up the faucet giving me words for others. I like that…it’s a great responsibility. Here is Wikipedia’s definition of Word of Knowledge:

A Word of Knowledge is a spiritual gift mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:8 but not in any other New Testament list of spiritual gifts. Among apostolic and prophetic Christians it is often taught to be a gift of knowledge given by the Holy Spirit to one individual for the benefit of another, as opposed to a prophecy which is usually for a congregation, an individual, or a nation. The message is given to the Christian via specific verses in the Bible, through dreams and visions, or by an immediate realization and understanding.

I remember going to several different church services, especially one particular one at Regent University when I was in Grad. School. A man was either a prophet or had the Word of Knowledge and he was prophesying over others. He would pick people out of the crowd and tell them very specific things. I wanted him so badly to prophesy over me, but he never did. I wanted direction, I wanted God to speak to me through him. I was quite disappointed when he didn’t. Maybe God was speaking to me at the time, I just didn’t know how to listen. It is just ironic, what I wanted the most from that man, God is now giving me to give to others. I think this realization has been made clear to me this week by talking to Miss So. CA. I think God wanted to get my attention that I had this gift…officially so to speak. I think the reason why is for The Music Man, my dear friend from church. God spoke so many things through me into the Music Man’s life when I first met him 6 months ago. He was really really down, and everything I told him to encourage him he didn’t accept. Like it was too good to be true. Yet as the Music Man and I were talking last night before I drove him to the airport. Everything I had told him six months ago has come to pass. Its not over yet for him. But if God has started a work in Him…this realization is encouragement that he will finish the job. God gave me a word for the Music Man yesterday that was pretty serious and pretty important. I had to tell him this before he left. So I told him, and he just had a look of comfort on his face. It turns out God had told him the same thing a few hours earlier. This was confirmation to him. Anytime that God has something really important to tell us, he will confirm it through two or three witnesses. So that is how God used me last night.

I started out pretty depressed when I started this blog. I’ll probably explain tomorrow. But now that I’ve finished it, my spirits have been lifted. There is no greater honor that being used by God to accomplish His purposes. Im blessed.