January 31, 2010
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Impartation
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We all get saved by revelation and impartation. That’s how we receive
the Holy
Spirit, divine healing, and gifts of the Spirit. That’s how Paul did it
in
Romans 1:11. Sudden change in our lives is real and exciting. Worship,
the
prophetic, the presence of God, quickened verses, personal revelation,
dreams,
miracles… experiencing God brings sudden and permanent change. Ask
Jacob after
that encounter with the angel. Ask anyone who is saved. Ask yourself.
We’ve
all been blessed to experience those quantum leaps – we love them so
much, we
wish everything came that way! I long to see
you so that
I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—
Rom 1:11 NIV From
motivation to results
– My roots are in a prophetic version of
the charismatic movement. I, and my brothers and sisters in this
stream,
appreciate encounters with God. And, we think we’re pretty cool… on the
frontiers of the Kingdom, releasing Kings, etc. So as I’m traveling
around the
Ukraine in November and Russia in 1995, I was always pleasantly
surprised to
arrive at some remote outpost and find a Baptist church that had been
there for
years; God’s sense of humor I suppose. As valid as impartation, revelation and God encounters are, there is more. You see, those things are the foundation. God-experiences can motivate us and change us but they do not, in themselves, produce fruit. I wish someone could have laid hands on me for an engineering degree. I was saved and spirit-filled and they wouldn’t award a degree until I took four years of calculus, chemistry, and engineering mechanics. I
got the revelation that I could be a King, but
finding the right investments and learning to trade has taken several
years
before results began to show up. The revelation and impartation came at
conferences that thrilled my heart with "motivation" but the
implementation felt like going to
college and required "work." Fruit
– The results or fruit of impartation, revelation and encounters with
God are the
beginning; the foundation. But, the results “feel” like they come about
as fast
as grass grows ~ that’s about how fast fruit grows, come to think of
it!
Here is a list of stuff that
doesn’t come
in a moment through the laying on of hands. Rom 5:3
perseverance,
character, hope Gal 5:22 love,
joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control 2 Pet 1:5
goodness,
knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness,
love Now
listen to Peter explain how we get to fruitfulness,
effectiveness and productivity in the Kingdom: For if you
possess these
qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being
ineffective and
unproductive… 2 Peter 1:8 NIV Get
it? –
Impartation and revelation get us started, but things like integrity
and
persistence and wisdom and mentoring get us across the finish line. How
did
Jesus disciple? He laid the foundation with an impartation. All twelve
disciples were saved in a dramatic encounter similar to our own
salvation experience. After that, discipleship
(then and now) goes a little slower - something like this:
Becoming
Kings in the Kingdom
– There is a level of revelation and
impartation that can help you get launched down the exciting path of
your
personal destiny in the mountain of your calling. Too often when things
go
wrong we want to get prayer, have a revelation or go to another
conference and
encounter God when, in reality, we are simply at step 3 in the process
of getting
to our results. I want to suggest that God himself designed the
discipleship
process and He is not likely to let you skip third grade. If he does,
be sure
and write me back so I can adjust this newsletter! The “one thing” – We believers miss out on results for one primary reason. It’s not because we need an encounter with God – although we have in the past and will again in the future. The one thing we most often miss is finding a “master” that will mentor us in the area of our vocational and marketplace ministry calling. Your pastor / apostle can get you started, but if you want to be plumber you have to serve as a journeyman under a real plumber who shows you how. Wherever your dream and the will of God lead you, find the mentor who has done it before and can show you how. Impartation, revelation, pastors, apostles, and prophecies will not replace that person in your life. He or she is a gift of God that can take you to real results… you enjoy what you’re doing, it blesses other people, finances flow in abundance, you know how to turn money into ministry to bless the nations, and you can't wait to show someone else how to do it. Small Groups - Sharing and praying with other Kings on a peer level is a great way get help on your Kingly journey. It's even sweeter if a mentor is present and you share a common discipleship process. We've shared some personal experience at this site: Start Your Own Group. Caution
– I see believers make two mistakes in this
area. 1)
We get the revelation and never implement it. If we
never pursue our heart’s desire we eventually lose the “revelation” to
become a
King (Mk 13:12-15)... ever hearing but never understanding. 2)
We jump into a business, investment, or career change based on
revelation and don’t wait for the wisdom that comes through a mentor.
We do have permission from God; we don't have the wisdom to be
successful. If we don’t
find a mentor, shipwreck is usually the consequence. Revelation and
impartation via sermons
will motivate you, but it takes a mentor with experience to lead you
into
implementing your dream to get results and become profitable.
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