I Just Learned A Valuable Lesson Today

Sometimes you are placed in situations in which you may not understand why you are there. I experienced this and I will share with you what I learned out of this. Sometimes your gift of discerning of spirits kicks in when you are in a situation. When this happens you need to be very sensitive to the prompting of Holy Spirit. Sometimes what you have seen may not necessarily be what you are thinking it is but it may be that you are shown something to possibly help fight off or cut off something that may happen. Does that make sense?
I took an in-depth class several years ago on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. I went and pulled my notes and syllabus out on the teaching of Discerning of Spirits. Discerning of spirits is one of the three revelation gifts, along with word of knowledge(a word that is past or current in a persons life or situation), and word of wisdom (a word that is future.) The "definition of discerning of spirits gives supernatural insight into the spirit world, both in the good and the bad." The definition of discern in the dictionary states: "to detect or perceive with the eye or mind." A word in the thesaurus that can be used to reference discern is detect. My notes reflect that not only are you seeing and hearing into the realm of spirits but judging whether they are Godly or satanic. Discerning of spirits can cause a person operating in this gift to see angels. The more you operate in this gift you are more prevalent to see. Only twice in my life did I experience seeing angels in the spirit realm, that is, angels from God. One was at the side of my bed one evening when I was going through my divorce. I remember seeing the most beautiful shade of creamy white as the color of the wings. The presence of this angel was very comforting to me and brought peace to me. It was as if I was in a twilight type of sleep when this happened to me. The other instance was when my son was having an MRI done on him to to focus in on a tumor that was going to be removed by surgery. His father and I were allowed to sit in the procedure room with him while they did the MRI. I was sitting in a chair with my bible on my lap. I looked up and it was as if there was a mistiness in the room and right there before my very eyes was a huge angel watching over my baby (he was not a baby at the time he was in grade school I use this word as an endearing term.) My son was in the MRI and his head was outside of the machine since they were focusing in on his ankle area. This angel stood as tall as the ceiling and each one of his legs were on either side of his head and this angel stood upright with his arms folded. It was a very serious stance and I knew this angel meant business. When I saw this I knew that God sent this one to protect my son and I just knew that everything would be OK and in the end everything was just that, OK.
Maybe I am reading about this gift again because I keep asking God to show me the host of angels that really are out there on our side the winning side. I know this gift does operate in me when I am doing a deliverance because it reveals the spirit behind a manifestation also. When Paul encountered this in Acts 16:16-18 he discerned the spirit in operation and spoke directly to it. Did you know that you are not addressing the person per say it is the spirit that is operating in them. So do not go around binding people so to speak it is the spirit that needs to be bound up."One day when we were going to the place of prayer, a female servant met us. She was possessed by an evil spirit that told fortunes. She made a lot of money for her owners by telling fortunes. She used to follow Paul and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God. They're telling you how you can be saved." She kept doing this for many days. Paul became annoyed, turned to the evil spirit, and said, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" As Paul said this, the evil spirit left her."
Now I am going to share a paragraph with you out of my notes/syllabus.
"The word of God teaches us that we are to be led by the Spirit of God. When we are in the word and being led by the Spirit of God, you will discern when something is out of order even if you are not operating by the discernment of spirits. As we walk in the word and the inward witness of the Holy Spirit, our spirit will witness when things are not right. This witness of the Holy Spirit has been known to open the eyes of people into the spirit realm that had never seen in there before. The inward witness is not the same as seeing into the spirit realm, but it can reveal-discern-the spirit that is in operation without a vision, much like Paul's ability to identify the spirit operating in the life of the girl that followed him."
Back to the lesson I learned today. What I was shown may not have been necessarily what I thought. I may have been able to see what could have happened and Holy Spirit gave me a plan of action in which I followed His lead and hopefully it thwarted the plan of the enemy. I felt convicted today because I shared what I thought happened with another and it may have not happened. I asked forgiveness of the Lord and I repented and I then prayed for these people. I also asked forgiveness of the innocent person that I dumped that information on without them even asking me to do that. Be careful of what you want to share with others because it may not be for the good of others and it may be used by the enemy to stop you from operating in destiny in your life. I can gladly say that I put this one to rest for good.
Want to hear something really good that happened today? I was down to four days left on a medicine I take and my Dr. so graciously gave me enough samples to tide me over until I can get into his office for my checkup. That is God because there was a time when I asked for samples and they had none to give at that time. Keep looking for the blessings, they are all around you OK. Once you find them do not forget to share your story with others to bring glory to God.