Dana and I attended the Healing Conference down at Heritage this week. Bill Johnson spoke Tuesday and Wednesday. It was an amazing time and we left very encouraged by what we saw and what God was speaking to us.The picture on the right is of a sign that was posted all around the Heritage facility. I thought it was hilarious.
One of the more dramatic moments almost didn't happen. As is Morning Star's custom, they have prophetic ministry available for conference attendees. I didn't really have high expectations for this and almost didn't sign up for a time slot. In fact, it was only because I saw the line wrapping around the hotel lobby to sign up that made me pause and think twice about it. I reluctantly signed up and got one of the last slots available - others were turned away soon afterwards. Boy, did I almost miss a real blessing.
When our time slot came, we sat down with 3 individuals we had never met before. They calmly explained the process and then started with a simple prayer. After a moment of waiting, they began to give us one of the most simple, direct and applicable prophetic words we had ever received. There was no guessing about the meaning, no trying to connect the dots. It was clear and simple. We took many notes during the session and when we walked away, we realized that we could've just wrote "Keep doing what you are doing". It was very encouraging and empowering.
One of the takeaways from the conference teaching was the concept of walking in the presence of God. It sounds real profound, I know. But in our culture, we prize knowledge and principles - we want understanding without responsibility or first-hand experience. When the disciples asked Jesus about the blind man in John 9, they asked "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" They were seeking understanding about the man's situation instead of compassion and power to deliver him. It was academic to them. They addressed Jesus as "Rabbi" or "teacher" - even after seeing Jesus do miracle after miracle.
The world does not need explanations with no power to deliver, but rather the Presence of God, Christ in me the hope of glory.
Still percolating on a lot of what we heard - More to come...
J
