Experience and Taking Ground
Experience is hard to out argue. Experience can dominate our belief system. Experience can demand we doubt God and square-off with Him: “God, IF you’re there, then do something!“ Have you ever wondered why some people get prayers like that answered? They pray, “If you are God, heal me!” And they are healed! Or, “If there really is a God, give me a miracle.” And they get it! That’s got to be God’s goodness to bring them to repentance. Mature sons, already in the Vine, cannot start with, “IF you are God, then . . .” God will not accept that challenge. He knows a manipulative hissy fit when He sees one. At the point of a hissy fit, the next step is our response, not God’s. We can either repent and take some ground or spiral down into unbelief.
(This is the fourth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Rebuilding Our Temple“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
.
This entry was posted on October 7, 2015 by Marty Gabler. It was filed under Uncategorized and was tagged with 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Apostle, Barbara Yoder, Beth Moore, Bethel, Bible, Bill Johnson, Body of Christ, celebrate, CFNI, charismatic, Chuck Pierce, church, Cindy Jacobs, circumstances, comfort, destiny, dreams, Dutch Sheets, elderly, encouragement, experience, faith, father, Five-Fold, FMCI, future, gifts of the Spirit, god speaks, grace, Haggin, happy, healing, Holy Spirit, hope, Identity, intercession, Isaiah 9:7, Israel, Jentezen Franklin, Jeremiah 29:11, Jesus, Jim Goll, Jim Hodges, John 3:16, John Eckhart, John Kelly, Joseph Prince, Joyce Meyer, Kathy Gabler, Kim Clement, Kingdom of God, Lakewood, Lance Wallnau, life, Lindsey, manifestation, Marty Gabler, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:33, maturity, Myles Munroe, obstacles, ORU, Osteen, power of god, prayer, problems, prophecy, prophesy, prophet, prophetic, prosperity, purpose, rejoice, Rick Joyner, Rick Pino, righteousness, salvation, Savior, SEEC Ministries, sons of God, spiritual warfare, success, TD Jakes, Tony Evans, victorious, victory, visions, Will of God, wisdom, word of god.
Experience is hard to out argue. Experience can dominate our belief system. Experience can demand we doubt God and square-off with Him: “God, IF you’re there, then do something!“ Have you ever wondered why some people get prayers like that answered? They pray, “If you are God, heal me!” And they are healed! Or, “If there really is a God, give me a miracle.” And they get it! That’s got to be God’s goodness to bring them to repentance. Mature sons, already in the Vine, cannot start with, “IF you are God, then . . .” God will not accept that challenge. He knows a manipulative hissy fit when He sees one. At the point of a hissy fit, the next step is our response, not God’s. We can either repent and take some ground or spiral down into unbelief. 
martygabler 
Leave a comment