A Spiritual Kingdom
Since our physical body belongs to God (1 Cor. 6:19, 20
NKJV), sometimes he uses bodily manifestations as a different way to communicate with us.
After all, God is not bound by our traditional methods of communication.
Remember, he conveyed his message to a prophet through the behavior of a donkey
(Num. 22:21-33); and brought conviction to an apostle with the crowing of a
rooster (John 13:38).
- As a Body, our church ministered in small groups by prayer and the laying on of hands. One evening, an elderly woman requested ministry. Everything being done decently and in order, it came my turn to minister. I placed my hands upon her head and prayed; it was then that I felt a bombardment of small pings (like sonar pings) rise up from her head and bounce off my hands. I got the message, “pray for her thought-life”. As I gently prayed, silent tears began to run down her cheeks. Afterwards, she expressed her gratitude to the group and gave testimony that for her, God had become a caring God, up close and personal.
The bible instructs us to renew our minds. Our minds are breeding grounds for all sorts of carnally-infested thoughts that will continue to emerge untethered (Rom. 8:5-7), and cause us many troubles in varying degrees of difficulties. Some troubles the fleshy Christian might notice and be able to change; while other difficulties become too noticeable to ignore—and requires diagnoses and doses from the professional world of psychologists and psychiatrists.
Touch reveals the works of the carnal flesh hidden by many
Christians. While their bodies are sending out silent signals, our bodies are
receiving them. But to do so, we must be spiritual Christians; otherwise, we’re unable to discern, judge (1 Cor. 2:15), or “pick up” on these
silent messages. Once received, though, we should also be spiritually fruited
Christians (Gal. 6:1, 2) in order to minister within the parameters of love (1 Cor.
13:4-8).
Next time: Sometimes, the Sense of Touch Can Hurt
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. © 1982 by
Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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