{"id":60234,"date":"2017-11-20T08:33:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T00:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/?p=60234"},"modified":"2022-01-06T14:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T06:18:55","slug":"divine-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/divine-download\/","title":{"rendered":"DIVINE DOWNLOAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before sharing a word in season to weary souls, we need to set aside time to listen to God<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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How we sometimes wish that God could download the Word to our \u201chard drive\u201d so that we no longer need to engage in serious Bible study, which is such a laborious task. But this is just fantasy, a figment of our imagination. In fact, we are told to study it well in order that we have a firm grasp of the truth and not be put to shame (2 Timothy 2:15<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yet those who are well-versed with scripture and the ways of God are able to receive “divine downloads”. Let us delve further into the broad ramifications of the following verse:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lord\u00a0God\u00a0has given Me<\/span>
\nThe tongue of the learned,<\/span>
\nThat I should know how to speak<\/span>
\nA word in season to\u00a0him who is<\/em>\u00a0weary.<\/span>
\nHe awakens Me morning by morning,<\/span>
\nHe awakens My ear<\/span>
\nTo hear as the learned.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Isaiah 50:4<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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First<\/strong>, we notice that we\u2019re able to speak comforting words to the weary because\u00a0God<\/strong>\u00a0empowers\u00a0<\/strong>us\u00a0<\/strong>with special wisdom. These words touch and refresh the lives of the weak because no one knows better the needs of people than God.<\/span><\/p>\n

But before we can minister to others, we ourselves have to be ready and well-equipped. Our own needs must first be met. If we ourselves are in a mess, spiritually and emotionally, how are we going to reach out to others? (Isaiah 58:11<\/strong>).\u00a0We have to be refreshed first before we can encourage others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, we notice that the counsel comes from someone who is\u00a0learned<\/strong>. The latter is instructed not only in man\u2019s wisdom but is filled with godly wisdom and discernment (1 Corinthians 2:10-13<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Probably, he or she would be like Ezra who spent his entire life studying and obeying the Law of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0and teaching it to others (Ezra 7:10<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Third<\/strong>, we notice that such “divine downloads” occur in the\u00a0early morning<\/strong>\u00a0hours when many would be in slumber, let alone think of communicating with God.<\/span><\/p>\n

The learned one in Isaiah 50:4<\/strong> seems to take on the habit of Jesus who got up while it was still dark, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed (Mark 1:35).\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

David was hungry for God\u2019s presence. While lying in bed, he meditated on God in the watches of the night (Psalm 63:1, 6<\/strong>). When he awoke, he still had this sense of God\u2019s presence as his mind had been dwelling on godly things (Psalm 139:17-18<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n

We too must be willing to pay the price\u2014in terms of occasional sleep loss\u2014if we want to receive such divine downloads. What is the level of our spiritual hunger? Does this hunger impel us to commune with God in the early morning hours?<\/span><\/p>\n

Fourth<\/strong>, we must have the ears to hear. Those who have\u00a0ears to hear<\/strong>\u00a0can understand what the Spirit is saying. We need to develop this capacity to shut ourselves from incessant \u201cinner chatter\u201d (negative self-talk) and any distracting music that seeks to entertain. As time progresses, despite initial faltering baby steps, we will learn to hear correctly like the child prophet Samuel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finally<\/strong>, if God is the\u00a0source<\/strong>, we need not fear that the supply of wisdom and counsel through this “divine download” will ever run out. Streams of living water will burst forth from our lives if we know how to tap into the Eternal Spring:\u00a0\u201cWhoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them”\u00a0(<\/u><\/strong>John 7:38<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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RELATED POST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What does Jesus mean when He says, \u201cWhoever believes in me,\u00a0out of his heart will flow rivers of\u00a0living water<\/em>?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Footnotes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail<\/span><\/p>\n

(Isaiah 58:11)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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O God, You\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0my God;<\/span>
\nEarly will I seek You;<\/span>
\nMy soul thirsts for You;<\/span>
\nMy flesh longs for You<\/span>
\nIn a dry and thirsty land<\/span>
\nWhere there is no water.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Psalm 63: 1)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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When I remember You on my bed,<\/span>
\nI meditate on You in the\u00a0night<\/em>\u00a0watches.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Psalm 63: 6)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!<\/span>
\nHow great is the sum of them!<\/span>
\nIf<\/em>\u00a0I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;<\/span>
\nWhen I awake, I am still with You.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Psalm 139:17-18)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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But God has revealed\u00a0them<\/em>\u00a0to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.\u00a0For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.\u00a0Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.\u00a0These things we also speak, not in words which man\u2019s wisdom teaches but which the Holy\u00a0Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.\u00a0<\/span>(1 Corinthians 2:10-13)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Note<\/strong>: Dr Lim Poh Ann is a medical practitioner. He was the former editor of Asian Beacon magazine (Dec 2008 \u2013 Oct 2011).\u00a0He can be reached at his\u00a0Facebook page<\/b>,\u00a0www.facebook.com\/AskDrLim<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0blog<\/b>, Porridge for the Soul:\u00a0\u00a0 This article is a personal sharing by the writer, written for the exhortation of the united Body of Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SOURCE OF ARTICLE:\u00a0http:\/\/limpohann.blogspot.my\/2014\/01\/divine-download.html<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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