Pastor John,
When I got home this evening, I asked the Lord to help me better understand what it is that I had felt and heard during tonight’s meeting. Inside, I felt as if I had been knocked off my feet and I couldn’t think about anything else once that happened.
I would like to tell about it.
You were describing for us a scene from the book of Acts and explaining what it is that God’s people were doing during that moment recorded in the book of Acts, when the spirit of God said among those assembled believers, “Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.”
You were telling us that those believers were ministering to the Lord when that happened (Acts 13:2). They were serving the Lord – serving him something other than their complaints and their problems. You said they were ministering to him thankfulness and praise, when he showed up and spoke to them.
It was during this time tonight that I heard the Spirit very clearly interrupt my thoughts and ask:
“What are the Body’s problems? What blessings has the Body received?
Praise me as one body instead of one person and that’s when you’ll be heard.”
The feelings that came with that pastor John were more than I am able to communicate. But in an instant I could feel that we are all one creation, one life, not many separate lives in God’s sight.
I also saw that there was such a thing as offering praise to God from one Life, instead of a room full of many lives. For just a brief moment tonight, my heart got a glimpse of ‘unity’ that I did not know I was unaware of. It is beyond my ability to think on or explain, but I felt it, and my heart saw it.
When I got home, I asked the Lord to help me understand what I had experienced, and this is what I heard back:
“Start living for one Body instead of one person.”
Jerry