One of the things that happens when we spend time in prayer is revelation. Kenneth Hagin said that the Lord has prepared treasures of wisdom for the church that they do not know because they do not pray.
1 Cor 2.9 says:
9 But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Many people quote this verse to make God’s will, and God’s wisdom a mystery, something we will finally find out about when we get to Heaven. But those people need to keep reading and find out the Spirit is there to reveal God’s will to us:
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
Paul is not talking about God keeping His treasures secret, but rather that we cannot know them in the natural, but need to be in the spirit. When we are in the spirit, praying in the Spirit, living in a place of prayer and humility, the Holy Spirit will give us a revelation. The same Holy Spirit who explained the plan of redemption to Paul will explain the Scripture to us, explain God’s will and plan to us, give us ideas to solve problems, and much much more. But we need to pray in tongues to get into that place of receiving.
Suddenly information comes. Sometimes it comes when you are praying in tongues, other times it comes in the next worship time you are in, or through the next sermon you hear. Sometimes it comes just as you are falling asleep or waking up. But trust me – when you pray in tongues, revelation comes.
At the beginning of this year, I was praying in tongues for a few hours. I suddenly had a desire to plant a church in Liverpool. I had no natural reason, desire or plans for that. The only person I know in Liverpool was a pastor, and that was it. Yet, I took steps, we are now having introductory meetings in Liverpool and they are going exceptionally well. Glory to God – He revealed the treasures not by eyes, not by ears, but by the Spirit.
What is God keen to reveal to you, but you are dipping in and out of prayer, and not remaining in place to get those treasures?
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