Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 259
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Revelation
vs Education. A tremendous difference
with extreme importance, and almost never recognized and discussed in the
church. Michael gives us a profound
truth that is capable of changing the lives of those who “see” and walk in it.
DAY 188
The Limitations Of An
Education
They do not know, nor do
they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and
their hearts so that they cannot comprehend. --Isaiah 44:18
Many parents have put
much into the lives, character, and training of their children, only to be
disappointed. Disappointed in what? In the inability of the training and education to produce what only
revelation can. They had believed in the illusion called education at the
expense of something higher in which to place their trust. They had exalted it
and attributed to it characteristics that it does not have. When it comes to our life in Christ,
we do not need a better education; we need revelation.
Jesus reveals to us the limitation of an education.
The end result of hand picking twelve men to train and educate for
three-and-a-half years was the lone teacher hanging on a cross with none of the
disciples in sight. Yet, after
revelation, those same men who denied Him were ready to die for Him.
Peter denied the Lord not before a court of law, but in front of a sliver of a
girl. This was the outcome of his education. After revelation he stood before crowds to proclaim
Jesus. Only the Holy
Spirit brings revelation.
If you want revelation for your child, you must pray and
wait, expanding your belief system and acknowledging that the child belongs to
the Lord. God is faithful; He would have none perish.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
How many have ever read Isaiah 44:18 and stopped to meditate on the
immense ramification of such a truth?
Wow. God has “smeared over their
eyes so they cannot see and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend.” The context is of those who are not worshipping
God, but graven images…forms of a god of whom God says are vanity (Isaiah 44:1-20). God says this person has a deceived heart.
The text verse speaks of those who have not known, nor understood, who
the truthful God is. They do not, nor
cannot, know or understand divine and spiritual things. Truth comes from Divine Revelation.
Michael gives us a great progression in his writing:
1. Jesus reveals to us the limitation of an education
2. we do not need a better education; we need revelation
3. after revelation, we do things differently, as did the 12 He chose
4. we MUST recognize and proclaim: only Holy Spirit brings revelation
5. we need to PRAY for Divine Revelation from Holy Spirit for ourselves
and our
families
6. we trust God is faithful to bring revelation
What is transpiring today in bible studies and bible schools? Too much education, not enough prayer and
meditation to seek revelation from Holy Spirit.
Well, amen.
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