Wade E Taylor
“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world to our glory.” I Corinthians 2:7
The greatest gift and blessing that we possess is our spiritual sensitivity and hunger.
Unless we maintain a time of active daily communion and fellowship with our Lord, this “hunger,” along with the anointing that enables us to unlock and understand the deeper levels of revelation within the Word of God, will gradually fade until we are left spiritually barren.
“Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength….” Isaiah 40:30-31
To maintain our spirituality, it is essential that we set apart a specific time and place in which to “wait upon the Lord.” As we do this, we will be “re-charged” spiritually. Just as a battery that has been discharged through use must be re-charged, so also, we must hold ourselves before the Lord, to allow His life and power to flow back into our being.
“But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8
The word “after” tells us that this “power” is given after we spend time in the presence of our Lord. These times of specific “waiting upon the Lord” will impart to us a “divine strength” that replaces our human weakness. This will result in an increase of our love for the Lord Himself, and produce within us the anointing that will quicken our understanding, enabling us to respond to the presence and promptings of the Lord.