Hungry For More

This was a draft from a long time ago that I never posted.  But now's the time: I have found that whenever I am hungry for more of Him, more revelation, God always gives me more!

I've written this article many times in my mind, and never committed it to my blog. I can truthfully say, every time I've hungered for more of God in my life, God has given me more.

I grew up going to the church on Sundays. I was baptized as a baby, went through Catechism, and always believed in Jesus, that He was the Savior. I believed in the Trinity. But, Jesus was someone who lived all those years ago, and I spent my time wishing I had been born then so I could have known Him. I was hungry for Jesus, even though I believed in Him, and knew a lot of facts about Him.

One Sunday morning when I was 15, I woke up needing to get ready for church. But when I woke up, I actually felt the Presence of God in my room and all around me. It was so awesome, I didn't go to church, but stayed in bed as long as I could feel His presence. That made me hungry for more of God, although I didn't have that experience again until later in life.

After I was married, circumstances found me attending a Baptist Church. One of the Deacons there asked me if I knew I was going to Heaven when I died. My answer was, "I hope so". This resulted in my getting "born again" and knowing I am going to Heaven when I die. As a result of this experience Jesus became more real to me personally, and I spent hours studying the Bible, and God gave me revelation that both filled me, and made me hungry for more!

A few years later, I was doing a Bible Study at church on faith. I kept saying, I understand what faith is, but what IS faith? The more I learned, the more it seemed like there was more still to learn. I couldn't wrap my mind around it. I was hungry to know more about faith.

Shortly after that, we met some "Jesus People" who invited us to one of their meetings. Jim Durkin, the man who started "Gospel Outreach" in California was in town teaching on, yes you guessed it, faith! Wow! He actually explained faith, what it was and how to have it and develop it. I was filled and very excited. To this day, faith is still one of my life quests, to believe all of God's Word, to walk in faith in God's Word.

Another thing that happened at that meeting, I was filled with the Holy Spirit and the love of God like I hadn't experienced before. It was similar to what I experienced that Sunday when I was 15, but was more intense and real. This made me hungry for more! After that time, my quest became that the Kingdom of God would be more real to me than this world we live in.

A few years later, I read a book by Mark Virkler called Dialogue with God. This told me about journaling and how to hear God's voice, how to know when God was speaking to me. I learned to write down what He said, and believe, or have faith that I was hearing from God. This changed my life yet again, because God became more real to me than He had been before. I felt closer to God, and eventually I learned that I can converse with God at any time and all the time.

But, I was hungry for more. I wanted to understand and know the Word of God; I wanted revelation of God's Word. So, when I would study the Word, the Word became real to me in ways it hadn't before. God began to give me revelation of His Word, to show me things in the spirit, that I could only understand by the Holy Spirit. I learned to walk in the spirit, and see things in the spirit. I learned what it means to live in the spirit. And this filled a hungry place in me.

And still I hunger for more of God. I want to be filled with God. More of God, and less of me. And as I hunger for more, I know He will give me more and fill me more with Himself. I can say that the Kingdom of God is finally becoming more real to me than this world we live in. But there is always more of His Kingdom to know and explore.

The Kingdom of God Is Our Reality

This expresses my heart as to seeking first His Kingdom and His Righteousness. Making His Kingdom my Reality.

Russell Walden – The Father’s Heart Ministry

7-7-13

The Father says today that the world around you is a temporal veneer that can be a major distraction. Learn says the Father to look through and not just with your eye. See through the temporary elements that will one day melt with fervent heat. Look through the seen and let your feet find purchase with solidity on the ephemeral landscape of heavenly places in Christ. It is the unseen realm of the Spirit that projects, controls and rules over all the natural things around you that the five senses observe.

You see says the Father you are an eternal being with spiritual senses and discernment designed to navigate the unseen geography of My kingdom. You are a ruler and one who reigns with an authority that extends from My blood-bought throne. So open your eyes and open your heart. Look past the blindness of the empirical assessment of what you see around you. This was My overture to Adam and Eve when I asked them "Who told you that you were naked?" The enemy trapped them in limitation and restriction but I am come to liberate YOU into the limitless resources of the realm where My presence originates! 

Did I Say It's Been Awhile?

I just noticed the last post was in August 2012. I'd say that is more than awhile. A lot has happened over the last year. It has been a year of solidifying my beliefs. Not my faith in God, but in what I believe the Word of God is saying. This last year there have been ups and downs, and much activity. My boss passed away of lung cancer, and within a month after that, my sister-in-law passed away of lung cancer. Plus a really good friend of ours from Gospel Outreach days years ago passed away of a sudden heart attack . Death always has shaken my reality. But my reality in God's Kingdom is growing and getting stronger; it is becoming increasingly unshakeable. This year has also brought us visitors and we are looking forward to our 50th anniversary this month. We will be seeing all our kids/grandkids/great granddaughter. It will be the first time in 11 years that we have all been together as a family. So I'd say this last year has been a year of building, strengthening, and new vision in the Kingdom.

July 2013 Update: God's Word Is Still Creating!

It's been awhile since I've posted anything here. But God has reminded me, and renewed my vision, so I will be obedient.

I just started a new Facebook group called Kingdom Explorers. It's been my life's quest to make the Kingdom of God as real to me as this world we live in. Now my new quest is to make it MORE REAL than this world; to see into, walk through and speak Kingdom words of life, with God's love and His words flowing from me. This particular group is Kingdom specific, although obviously the Kingdom of God covers a lot of territory to explore. If you are interested in joining Kingdom Explorers, please email me or message me on Facebook.

My plan is to keep current with Word Power Creations. God's Word is absolutely critical and vital to His Kingdom! His Word created and is still creating the visible from the invisible. And we are the voice He uses!