Hearing and Ascending

Humanity has had millennia to established the rightness or wrongness for many familiar decisions and issues in our lives.  The accepted principles to make our decisions… and the consequences of those decisions… have been on display for all to see.  This gives us much incentive and accountability as we walk through temporal issues of life.

We’ve had 2000 years to learn how to live as a Christian on the earth, in earthly mode.  But as we move into the Heavenly places, we have very few Biblical or historical patterns and protocols to guide us.  Thus, it is imperative that we learn how to hear the Voice!

The Voice
Most people don’t know how to hear or discern the Voice.  Many times, Charismatics and Pentecostals just say “the Lord told me”, without a sober qualifying process to ascertain veracity.  And sadly, after a failed or erroneous decision, most people are not interested in going back to ruthlessly reevaluate the process.  So, without learning from that failed decision, they just lean on Mercy, try to forget the past… and try to work through the consequences of their bad decision.

As we move into the Heavenlies and partner with angels and saints and travel in the Spirit, our hearing MUST get better.  When we’re young in the Lord… and young in the Heavenly ways… the Lord will cover us with lots of mercy.  But as we gain more stature, clout and authority in the Spirit, we can’t afford to spout off or run off ‘halfcocked’ – as my mother used to say.

Years ago, Bob Jones made a 6 second disparaging remark about a ministry in another city.  When he arrived back home that evening, he was afflicted in his back for 6 weeks.  He could only lay on his sofa, until I happened to bring a man from England to Bob’s house and he prayed for Bob.  Bob was instantly healed.  Bob’s commentary on that incident was, “Because of my stature in the Spirit realm, just 6 seconds of soulish disparaging words, cost me 6 weeks on my back.  The stakes get higher as we move into more consequential territory.”  I learned a great lesson from my mentor. 

‘In season’ virtues
So, we try to stay in conservative territory with our Ascended Life groups.  We rarely engage in ‘spiritual warfare’, binding, fighting the devil.  We believe there are better ways of displacing evil… at least at our current maturity level.  Normally, we release the fruits of the Spirit or the equivalent – because “against such things there is NO law”… they are always ‘in season’.  In our groups, we release these virtues: Light, Life, Love, Power, Presence, Joy and Shalom of God. 

I am committed to staying in the Light… in the 3rd Heavens… and engaging God and the angels to do whatever needs to be done in the 2nd heavens.  I am more interested in our longevity than I am in engaging demons and 2nd heaven stuff.  At this stage of my maturity, I think our angelic partners are better equipped.  There will be a time that we saints will mature into our full God-ordained inheritance and stature in the Heavenlies.  We will “judge angels”, then.  But for now, I want to honestly assess my true maturity and stay within that.

Case in point
God told the Israelites (the essence of a couple of passages): “I’m NOT going to give you the promise land all at once, lest the beast of the field overtake you.”  In other words, even though the promised land had their name on the title deed, God knew they couldn’t possess it… YET!  So, God’s plan was to give it to them, incrementally.

We’re now engaging things that aren’t written about in many religious writings and there is very little precedent for the things that we’re invited into!  I feel that being conservative is imperative.  It’s also called staying within our metron!!!

Years ago, I believe the Lord gave me a ‘methodology’ for how to acquire the will of God… and to be confident that I had heard the will of God.  This way involves a process, rather than a moment.  I think our Lord loves the time spent in partnership much more than just being our ‘answer man’.  This way involves time and walking with Him and dialoging (not nagging) with Him as a friend speaks with a friend.  I won’t go through the ‘methodology’ here, but if you’re interested, follow the link below for more on this subject.

Sum it up
To live and move and have our being in the Heavenlies, we must be able to clearly hear and truly discern the voice of God.  If we do this successfully, our authority and influence will increase until we come to a place where God can fully endorse us – like He did Jesus at His baptism and transfiguration.

Happy hearing… and Happy ascending!  We’re entering the rest of our inheritance.

–MLH

For more about finding the will of God: Beyond the Map https://marklhen.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/using-a-fleece-template