Fresh Manna

doing a lot of thinking... trying to remember the things that got me to where I am now. Writing it down so i don't forget. Because if I stop doing the things that got me here, I stop myself from going anywhere from here.

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God told the Israelites to take manna, but not to save any or else it would spoil the next day. And whenever they saved anything for the next day, the manna would spoil.

I took it in terms of a personal encounter. Everyday I need to be having an encounter with the presence, with God, with His love. I can't let one encounter sustain me for a whole week, that's not how it's supposed to be. It's just like a conference, or a retreat, we get a "spiritual high" because we're encountering God, worshiping Him and being transformed in his presence. The point is that we keep doing that. A personal history needs to be made, where we're encountering God everyday. The "manna" from a conference or a retreat only lasts so long. We need fresh manna.

People with fresh manna lived. It was their sustenance. People who didn't have fresh manna would die. They had no sustenance. We need fresh manna.

We can't be surviving on yesterday's manna, or [spiritual] parent's manna. We can't be surviving on our pastor's manna or our best friend's manna. Surely, those help, but we need our own fresh manna. Where our relationship with Holy Spirit becomes alive and we are constantly speaking to one another, being aware of each other's presence. Just as Jesus said, "abide in me", and "abide in my love". Just as Jesus said He was the "bread of life". Fresh bread or fresh manna, it doesn't matter, we need to be creating a personal history ...

Secret Place

I totally got rocked last night, I was listening to Bill talking about supernatural courage. It amazes me every time that I listen to Bill (even if i've heard it before), I come alive, something burns in me.

But Bill was talking about how we live life. We take risk outside, and we contend for breakthrough in the secret place. And out of that, we take risk outside. Any promises of God that we have been given and are not yet experiencing, they need to be pursued after in the secret place.

I don't know, but something just clicked. A lot of times, we assume the "secret place" is just spending a lot of time in "prayer". And then, a lot of times, we assume "prayer" to be just talking to God. Prayer must be mutual, communication on both ends. That's why Jesus said, "ask and receive", it's because He expected a response whenever He sought His father. As should we, expect a response from God. the secret place is just hanging out with God one on one. You share your heart, your frustration, everything. But it's not just a pouring out of your own heart, because it's also an encounter and growing revelation of His heart, that's why there has to be a response. Otherwise, we're just throwing words up in heaven, never expecting anything to come down.

All our answers are there, Holy Spirit declaring ALL truth to us. How to raise the dead, how to move with the spirit, how to worship in spirit and truth, how to be one with the Father as Jesus was, how to love, how to walk in our destinies, how to know our futures, how to find peace, how to access unlimited joy, how to trust, how to be yourself... but He won't share secrets with people who have a shallow friendship, He's looking for best friends. The deeper the intimacy, the deeper the trust, the deeper the secrets and truths to be revealed.