Paul wrote from the perspective of the Heavenly Realm where there are no failures, maybe’s, and the word try is never used nor is in the vocabulary. You and I are the Treasures of Our Heavenly Father and it is HIS Divine Intent that we be successful in everything we are called to do. Let’s not fight this revelation. It only serves to restrain our angels from assisting us in walking in total jubilee. They have read our individual books. It is time for us to fully agree with the directives of The Holy Spirit and allow the angels to do their appointed tasks.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 12:
1 Although it may not accomplish a thing, I need to move on and boast about supernatural visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 Someone I’m acquainted with, who is in union with Christ, was swept away fourteen years ago in an ecstatic experience. He was taken into the third Heaven, but I’m not sure if he was in his body or out of his body—only God knows. 3 And I know that this man (again, I’m not sure if he was still in his body or taken out of his body—God knows) 4 was caught up in an ecstatic experience and brought into paradise, where he overheard many wondrous and inexpressible secrets that were so Sacred that no mortal is permitted to repeat them. 5 I’m ready to boast of such an experience, but for my own good I refuse to boast unless it concerns my weaknesses. 6 However, if I were to boast, it wouldn’t be ridiculous at all, for I would be speaking the truth. Yet I will refrain, lest others think higher of me than what I demonstrate with my life and teaching.
(There are a number of compelling reasons to conclude that the “man” Paul refers to in vv. 2–4 is himself: (1) He knew the exact time this ecstatic experience took place. (2) He knew that what was overheard in the third heaven was “inexpressible” and not to be repeated. (3) He was not certain about what state he was in (embodied/disembodied). (4) In v. 7 he uses the first-person pronoun me (“a thorn in the flesh was given to me”) as a counterbalance to the high level of revelation that Paul had received. It was a common literary device, a rhetorical ploy, to avoid speaking of oneself directly in this fashion and by using the phrase “Someone I’m acquainted with” (v. 2) when he, in fact, was referring to himself. It is a sign of Paul’s humility and integrity that he did not “boast” of this event that took place fourteen years earlier. Many today who have experiences with God are quick to tell what happened. Paul veiled his heavenly encounters with God and waited to share them only when it was appropriate and faith-building for others. Not every experience we have is meant to be shared immediately. This is what got Joseph the dreamer thrown into a pit by his jealous brothers.)
I believe this is the reason Paul was able to write 2/3 of the New Testament. He reported what he saw and heard from Jesus Who is more than willing to convey revelation needed for the Body of Christ. The mysteries are ready to be revealed for those who have ears to hear!
Why do we fight and challenge The Word? It arises out of the soulish doctrines planted in us in the past. I say “pluck ‘em by the roots and throw them in the fire.” Get over the fact that you and I have been wrong and wronged by others. Quit living in the past, Paul did. The problem is that people cannot receive what is in Christ already until they do away with the past.. I wrote several installments concerning that reality. We have Spiritual deposits awaiting our access.
The world’s financial system is setup for you and I to fail, lose, and remain in bondage. I covered the devil’s intent in yesterday’s writing. It is designed for you to live in persistent scarcity thus you cannot be a source of jubilee for the poor. This system has been fully revealed so let us not accept the lie anymore. Our resources await our demands!
FATHER wants to finance the establishment of HIS Kingdom on earth and HE wants to do it through you and me. This does require us to walk in faith and doubt not. It requires us to consistently renew our minds daily by The Word. We are not to be passive in our daily walk. Jesus wants to take the limits off of you and me. We MUST believe His Word and give no place to man’s doctrines, especially in the area of finances. You must get the “perpetual slavery of Egypt” out of you.
Jesus has never limited us. He gave us the roadmap to unlimited favor, the Highway of Holiness, also known as The Way. People view His favor as being unfair. However, it is not meant to be fair when viewed by the unbeliever.
The war is with the devil and we need to put him on the defensive. We cannot do this if we are opposing ourselves. When he and his minions realize that you can no longer be manipulated, they will leave and find a willing vessel living in ignorance.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 26:
9 I used to think that I should do all that was in my power to oppose the Name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And that’s exactly what I did in Jerusalem, for I not only imprisoned many of the Holy believers by the authority of the chief priests, I also cast my vote against them, sentencing them to death. 11 I punished them often in every Jewish meeting hall and attempted to force them to blaspheme. I boiled with rage against them, hunting them down in distant foreign cities to persecute them.
12 “For that purpose I went to Damascus, with the authority granted to me by the chief priests. 13 While traveling on the road at noon, Your Highness, I saw a light brighter than the sun flashing from Heaven all around me and those who were with me.
14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a Voice speaking to me in Aramaic, saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are only hurting yourself when you resist your calling.’
15 “I asked, ‘Who are You, Lord?’
“And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting. 16 Get up and stand to your feet, for I have appeared to you to reveal your destiny and to commission you as My assistant.
You will be a witness to what you have seen and to the things I will reveal whenever I appear to you. 17 I will rescue you from the persecution of your own people and from the hostility of the other nations that I will send you to. 18 And you will open their eyes to their true condition, so that they may turn from darkness to the Light and from the power of satan to the power of God. By placing their faith in Me they will receive the total forgiveness of sins and be made Holy, taking hold of the inheritance that I give to My children!’
Paul opposed his calling until Jesus had a corrective interview with him. Jesus mentioned that we need to take hold or our inheritance that He gives to His children. Please, take hold! The jubilee is waiting. The angels are waiting, Jesus is waiting, FATHER is waiting, The Holy Spirit is waiting, The crowd of witnesses are waiting and cheering us on. Now is the time!!