"He that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men,
but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh
mysteries." (1 Corinthians 14:2)
Have
you ever looked around at your own life or the life of the Church and wondered
why it's taking the Lord so long to get things in order?
If
so, let me tell you something I learned a few years ago. He's not the One who's
slow. We are! It's not God's fault that the Church still has spots and
wrinkles. It's not His fault that we're not living in total victory. He's
always ready. He's the great "I AM." We're the ones who fall short.
Compare
it to turning on a radio. If you don't have it tuned to exactly the right
frequency, you won't be able to hear the station. It's not the
station's
fault. It's sending out signals perfectly. The problem is, you haven't tuned in
to it. That's what's happening with you and me. We haven't fine tuned our
spirits enough to pick up the voice of the Spirit. Oh, we pick up a few things
now and then, but mostly we just fade in and out. We don't stay on God's
wavelength all the time.
How
do you adjust your spiritual tuner?
By
praying in the Spirit. Praying in other tongues is the fastest, most effective
method I know of to tune in to God--because instead of praying your own
thoughts and plans, you're praying His! The Bible says that when you pray in
tongues, you're speaking mysteries to God. In the Spirit, you're calling forth
parts of God's plan you don't even understand with your natural mind. By the
unction of the Holy Spirit, you're praying the perfect will of God.
You
see, God knows how to deliver His people. He knows how to turn us into the
glorious Church without spot or wrinkle. He has a plan that
will
do it. And if we'll tap into that plan and start releasing it into the earth by
praying in the Spirit, praying according to His will and not our own, this age
will draw to a close quickly. If we'll all get our minds and hearts in tune
with what God's doing, there will be an explosion of the power of God that will
turn this world around!
Start
adjusting your spiritual tuner today. Spend an hour praying in other tongues. Set
your spirit on God's wavelength and just see how
quickly
the spots and wrinkles begin to disappear from you.
Gloria
Copeland
SCRIPTURE
READING: 1 Corinthians 14:1-19
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