Over the last 7-10 days the Holy Spirit has been hanging the book of Acts 19 in front of me like a carrot hanging in front of a rabbit and I have been chasing after it everyday. This is more unusual than usual for me in my relationship with Jesus so my attention is drawn to it. It's leading me somewhere and I know it so I am chewing and biting on the carrot and it feels right. In the scheme of my life in recent months the Word of the Lord (rhema) has been coming to me in chunks, all of it somehow connected as an advancement from one understanding to another. I believe it to be instructive to me as the Lord is laying new foundations in my life for the next season of my life.
Those of us with revelation concerning King David's Kingdom and the 1st coming of our Lord Jesus as the "son of David," know David's kingship brought dominance in the land when he ruled as king. When Jesus walked the earth, there was a cry among the Jews to see Him free them from the grips of Rome who brought a gentile oppression over them. Many of those Jews did not "get" what Jesus was doing by introducing the Kingdom of God into their nation. He did that by identifying the first 12 men and spent a lot of time talking to them of things concerning His Father's Kingdom. During that time Jesus performed many miracles, so many miracles that one Gospel writer phrased it this way, "books could not record them all." What Jesus started here with the 12, still to this day has not stopped in any way, manor, shape or form. It has an energy level that is so peculiar and can be likened unto the wind.
Jesus was queried about His non-stop momentum and un-ending variety of miracles that had powerful results among the people connected to those receiving the miracles. His answer to the questions was that He does and says what the Father shows Him. My 2013 interpretation to Jesus' answer was, "I am in communion with the Father's heart concerning every situation that presents itself to me. When I do that, miraculous results follow. It's that simple."
David obtained the identical results, that heart of worship inside of him, kept him in love with God and wanting God's very best. In Acts 19, we find Paul digging into a culture, identifying some disciples and working together with them in long "discussions" and in three years time absolutely turned that city upside down. So much said in Act 19 does not give us much insight into all they discussed. That is probably pleasing to God to not reveal that less men try and duplicate something that was specifically intended to deal with the principalities and powers dominating that city. However, I "think" that Paul recaps much of his dialog with the Ephesians in the book of Ephesians in follow up letters to them.
Selah, stop and rest in the generous forgiveness of the Lord!
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