Jesus told Nicodemus, “that which is born of the flesh is flesh” (See John 3:6). We behave as humans because we are human. It is as simple as that. And that which is supernatural is supernatural. God behaves like God, because He is God. Many think God stopped moving supernaturally two thousand years ago, that His last performance was given on Patmos Island when He, in the person of Jesus Christ, appeared to the apostle John and gave him the revelation we now call the Book of Revelation. They believe when the last apostle died, or when the last word of the Bible was penned, the door to the supernatural world was shut and God stayed on the other side, saying to humanity, as it were, “There, you now have my written word. You’ll not hear from me any more until the day I send back my Son.”
The more you get real with God, the more God will get real with you. The more of “self” you surrender in utter and total submission to Jesus Christ the more of the reality of Jesus Christ you will experience in your moment-by-moment existence. Withhold some area of your life from the Lord and the Lord will withhold some portion of Himself from you.
“ALL SCRIPTURE is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine” (See 2 Timothy 3:16). And there is a passage in the 7th chapter of Joshua that gives us keen insight into how our supernatural Creator operates. A Jewish man by the name of Achan failed to consider that the God of Israel was and is a supernatural God that interacts with His people and warns, “I change not!” (See Malachi 3:6). Following God’s conquering Jericho by supernatural means, Achan had taken a Babylonian garment and some silver and gold and hid them in his tent, although having been warned by Joshua that the city was cursed by God and that the Israeli soldiers were to keep “hands off” any of the spoils of war. And God said to them, “Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs toward their enemies, because they were accursed. Neither will I be with you anymore, except you destroy the accursed from among you” (Joshua 7:12). The sacred record goes on to say that Achan had practiced folly in trying to hide something from God. Do you want God to stop interacting in your life. Play the fool with Him. Knowingly and willingly disobey Him. Try to keep one foot in the world and the other foot in the kingdom of God. It cannot be done. The gulf is too great. The chasm too wide. Try being religious without being godly. Jesus warns, “I will come unto you quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place except thou repent” (See Revelation 2:5). God will stop giving you any further spiritual revelation and will stop using you as a light for the world! He further warns, “I will come on thee as a thief (with no warning at all), and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee” (Revelation 3:3). But He will come swiftly. That warning is written to the Lord’s church! God tolerates no sin in the camp of His people. “Be ye holy as I am holy!” It is all or nothing with God. No man can serve two masters. The only worship and fellowship God approves is wholehearted worship and fellowship. “You shall seek me, and find me, WHEN YOU SHALL SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART!” (Jeremiah 29:13). God help you to understand is my prayer.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley