In my study of what is called the move of God in history, I have observed that the first set of people who seek to oppose it by slandering and disclaiming it are those who lack the fruits of that “move” in their own lives.
When the likes of Charles Parham went about emphasizing speaking with tongues as evidence of being baptized with the Spirit, fellow Christians were the first to vehemently oppose it because they weren’t speaking with tongues.
Same thing was done with the healing movement. When Mother Etter began to have very weird and wild manifestations of the Spirit in her meetings, she was denounced, and even very popular men of God in her day said she was under a spirit of delusion and was yielding to Satan.
These religious zealots are often the first weapons Satan seeks to use first; they are easy tools to manipulate because they are filled with pride. They believe that if they are not seeing something happen in their lives and ministries, then it can’t be true. Funny lots!
Interestingly, when Charles Parham began emphasizing speaking with tongues, even he hadn’t started speaking. Some of his students at Stone’s Folly (His school of ministry) began speaking with tongues before him. Same for Williams Seymour; they didn’t allow the lack of that experience in their life at the time to make them disclaim it.
They knew it was the truth of God’s word, and the Spirit of God was in it! And eventually, they experienced it.
If something is lacking in your experience, resist that demonic urge to criticize and disclaim it. Humble yourself under the right hand of God.
DO YOU KNOW THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD AS DESCRIBED IN THE SCRIPTURES ISN’T REFERRING TO GOD’S LITERAL HAND, BUT IT WAS REFERRING TO YOUR PASTOR, SPIRITUAL MENTOR, OR SPIRITUAL LEADER?
When you fail to carry out their instructions the same way they gave them out, it’s not just them you are disobeying or dishonoring; it’s also God you are disobeying and dishonoring. You can’t grow further Spiritually with that same attitude of dishonor towards a Spiritual mentor; let’s see this from the scriptures below.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: -1 Peter 5:6 KJV
One of the rules of bible interpretations is that: To understand a matter in any verse of the scriptures, it’s best you read the pretext and the post text.
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God doesn’t need your permission to move in a certain way in the lives of others.
The truth is, there are things that God first initiates in the lives of others because He wants you to recognize, acknowledge, and honor them first before you begin to see them in your life.
People who are always swift to criticize what God is doing in and through others are often living in dry and parched grounds, destitute of the waters of the rivers of the Spirit. That heaven is closed over your head doesn’t mean it isn’t raining elsewhere.
Get off your high horse and get under the rain.
I call you blessed! Amen!
Credit: Pastor Popoola Oluwatobi
