"Then the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from the heavens for you." Exodus 16:4
Something that the Holy Spirit has been teaching me, God's glory has different forms but always has purpose. I've found that as I pray over and over for particular things God teaches me on what I'm praying for almost as if I'm in Sunday school. What's amazing about it though is that all the teaching is literally being delivered by the Holy Spirit. I'll find the Spirit taking me through scripture and placing verses heavy on my heart and He will begin ministering them to me and bringing a fresh revelation. A lot of the time I find this happening before the prayer is answered. It's like God is saying, "I'm going to answer this prayer but first I want to teach you something about what you're praying because you really have know idea what the purpose for what you're praying for is." I find myself thinking, "God of course I know why I'm praying for this or else I wouldn't be praying for it right?" and then of course He's like "Sofia no you don't stop questioning and be a vessel that I can pour my word into, I'm trying to equip you and mature your spirit and mind, will you let me do that or are you going to continue questioning me?" At this point I'm like "okay I need to take a step back and listen to Jesus before I miss out on what He is trying to speak into my life." So last night I began praying for fresh bread from heaven to fall. Previously I've been praying for the glory of God to fall so hard and just completely wreck us and take over our hearts. This morning God said to me "There is always a purpose for my glory and when I send my glory I send instruction." Look at Moses. From the time he first encountered God's glory in the burning bush, to when he continually approached Pharaoh, to when the Red Sea was parted and the people were led out to the desert, God's glory was poured out and Moses was always receiving instruction from it. It was a humbling and wrecking process. We need to be humbled and wrecked by the Holy Spirit constantly so that we can be people that are instructed by glory. God's glory is always poured out for purpose. We can not drive away from that purpose. When God sent His glory in the form of manna to the Israelite community it came with purpose/instruction. "Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning." (talking about the manna). (Exodus 16:20) but they disobeyed the instruction. "However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell." (Exodus 16:20). We must obey God"s instruction on His glory! If He is telling us to give it we must not keep it to ourselves or else it will leave a stench and rot just like the manna. When we pray for fresh bread we should also pray for a heart of instruction on what should be done with that glory. God's glory results in salvation, healing, breakthrough, direction, hearts humbled and wrecked from the spirit, victory. Worship is the key into His glory and brings the cloud, and aroma of His presence. His banner begins to surround us as we worship. He becomes our Jehovah-Nissi. God said to me "We need to have glory saturated lives so Jethros can be birthed." Jethro was Moses' father-in-law. When he found out about what God had done for Moses and all of the Israelite people he "Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. He said, “Praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God. (Exodus 18:9-12). Jethro worshiped God and proclaimed His glory and encountered His presence. God was glorified and that is always the purpose. Now the question is are you willing to loose everything for Jesus? That His glory might be displayed as you say yes to Him and dive into the river of His instruction, power, and Spirit. I want to see this generation taken over with the glory and instruction of Jesus so that more Jethros may be birthed, that souls will come into the kingdom, and that we might be constantly changed, offering sacrifice, praising God, and encountering His presence, just like Jethro. I pray that God opens your hearts to His supernatural glory and that you receive His instruction and that will take you to a place beyond your imagination. -Sofia
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