Psalm 37:7a English Standard Version (ESV) Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;

Hebrews 6:15 English Standard Version (ESV) And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

Impatience is the enemy of order.

God does all things in order. We have been reading the prophecies of the Lord lately without comment. The hope was to have the Holy Spirit speak to us as His Word relates to these times in our present life. In that we must understand that it all happens in order.

It is like we are the jockey on a stallion who represents the Holy Spirit. We have trained with that horse and we are ready to win the race and we can feel the power of the Holy Spirit as we are at the starting gate awaiting the bell to begin the race.

Let us not forget that it is the horse that wins the race, we are just along for the ride.

What promise did Abraham receive?

Issac was his son of promise in his old age.

Impatience caused him to bear a son by his wife’s slave, Hagar. We can see where that has led us over the years. Impatience is the enemy of order.

What does that have to do with us, today?

Each of us has a duty to serve our Lord because He saved us from our sinful lives. Impatience will cause us to go back to doing things the way we did before we were saved. Just as in Abraham’s case our impatience might lead to disastrous consequences because we are out of order.

Are you saved? Are you hearing the Holy Spirit? Have you been gifted? Are you maturing? Are you exercising your gifting? Have you sound counsel? 

All these things must be done in order, percept upon precept, preparing you to do the work of the ministry that God has granted each and every one of us.

Do not spur the horse before the gate has been opened.

Joel 2:28 English Standard Version

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

I have been having strong dreams lately. Last night I had a dream that I was chosen to teach a group of new believers. Instantly I thought of Joel 2 verse 28. That was fresh on my mind from my last post. As I revisited the passage it struck me that my dream was not a message from the Lord as an instruction for what to do next. I know this because of two truths.

The first is that my gift is not teaching. I could see that in the dream.

The second and more importantly is in the first words of verse 28. “It shall come to pass afterwards”. That which comes in order indicates where we are in our instructions from our Lord. He does things in order.

I was not prepared to post the Word of the Lord this morning and I prayed on it and this came to me. How do we use the scriptures to direct our lives in Christ?

Strong dreams may come now but we must seek understanding in His Word to connect with Him to take meaning in the spirit and not from our subconscious desires. I do not know what a dreamer in Joel 2:28 will dream or how to respond to those dreams because what happened before that point in prophecy has not happened yet. 

It is likely that the Lord will instruct us to do something we do not want to do in the flesh than it is that He will give into our subconscious desires. We must be aware of His Word.

John 6:63 English Standard Version (ESV) It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Galatians 3:3 English Standard Version(ESV) Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Galatians 5:17 English Standard Version (ESV)For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.