To see a Prophetic Generation arise who carry the Word of the Lord...
A Generation who trumpet the Cry of Heaven here in the earth...
A People whose hearts burn with a fiery passion for the
Whose hearts have been completely undone by Him...
REVELATORY STREAMS by Rod Christensen
“He who believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:38.
A spirit of wisdom and revelation knowledge is like heaven shining insight upon our spiritual eyes, releasing spiritual vision, while lifting the veil of present constraints, launching our lives into a fresh awakening. Or put another way, it brings us into a greater level of perceiving the Lord. Revelation is not just for the purpose of releasing information,
although it does this. It is more about the
transforming work that it sublimely performs.Revelation has the effect of awakening our hearts to new, greater realms of potential, thus enlarging our horizons.
…beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory. 2 Corinthians 3:18
I would like to share with you some of my journey and how I discovered these wonderful wells of revelation. Since my conversion, I have always been a student of the scriptures. As such I hold the word of God in very high regard. I have always tried to measure my decision making process, against what the word of God teaches.
But as I matured as a Christian, life required that I make decisions that would effect my future and the bible didn’t provide me with the specific direction that I needed. Such as, who should I marry? Where should I live? Which church should I attend? What should we name our children?
Scripture can provide general principles and direction. But we all need from time to time specific personal direction. I am sure you have been in the sameposition. The bible itself told me that God is fully aware of this need and has made provision for it.
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.
Isaiah 30:21.Now this is where the Holy Spirit operates as our personal Helper! Therefore I discovered the imperative of having a close relationship with the third Person of the trinity. The Holy Spirit can take what is impersonal and non-specific, breath upon it and it becomes personal and practical.
I also discovered that personal revelation remains superficial, until it is rightly interpreted. I was then launched into the Holy Spirit’s boot camp, all the time, learning how to rightly interpret what the Holy Spirit revealed. This for me became like Heaven’s University. Apostle Paul, in the opening verse in Ephesians 1, suggests that to be successful, we must also pursue the ‘spirit of wisdom.’
Wisdom is the ability to rightly apply what has been revealed. The bible records that Moses found himself attending this similar University. He suddenly encounters a burning bush in the desert that was not consumed. Exodus 3:1-4. I deal more specifically with the interpretation process in a later chapter.
The methods the Lord uses to communicate are many and diverse. The Holy Spirit is not limited in how He can bring personal revelation to the door of our heart. The bible establishes a few methods such as dreams, visions, prophecy, personalized scriptures, insightful inspiration, angels and even external signs. Yet, there is another method He loves to use, because it is so personal. It is so personal, no-one will even be aware of it, except you! It is like that still small voice or a knowing within. He whispers to you and a knowing fills your heart. His whispers can even sound like your own thoughts wafting into your mind. Mahesh Chavda puts it this way:
Spiritual seeing and hearing are not only through words of knowledge orvisions and the like, but through a flash of insight, or a slow burning instinct that reveals knowledge and conviction in the Presence of Christ that such a thing is so. It is that still small voice in the chest or heart sounding like yourself, but not quite, which lets you know that you know a certain thing is evident beyond what you can touch with your natural abilities.
I continue to look forward to special times when the Holy Spirit breathes refreshing revelation into my heart. There is nothing as wonderful as these times of personal closeness with the Lord. It is truly out of this world. It is a foretaste of what eternity will be like, as we dwell in the presence of the ‘Word of God’,
Jesus.