Everybody
wants to hear from God. But that's just the first step. What do you
do after you get the revelation? There are 4 phases to hearing from
God: Revelation, Interpretation, Application/Wisdom, and Timing.
The
application/wisdom phase answers the question, “What am I going to
do about it?”
Say
you have a dream, and after some prayer you just know in your spirit
that the Lord is showing you that a certain person at work, who's
been really difficult lately, is being used by the enemy against you.
From the dream you know this person really hates you, and it's going
to get much worse. The person is going to be promoted to be your
supervisor, running your whole department, and is going to
intentionally make life miserable for you. Just suppose.
Ok,
so that's the interpretation; the Lord has given you this knowledge.
Now, what are you going to do about it? That's the
application/wisdom.
In
this example, you have several options:
- Start looking for a new job.
- Go to management and try to keep the person from being promoted.
- Buckle down for a rough road ahead.
- Find some way to serve and bless the person. Not to brown-nose, but to show God's love and honestly bless them.
After
much prayer and intimacy with the Lord, he will tell you, either
overtly or you'll just feel in your spirit what's the right thing to
do. Intimacy with him reveals his strategy for the situation, not
ours, and applying his strategy is always wisdom.
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