HEARING CAPACITY.

And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it. Mark 4:33|NKJV.
Our capacity to hear the word of the Lord determines the level, amount and weight of the revelation that Christ through the Holy Spirit ministers to us. Hearing is the receiving a voice with understanding of the message or instructions therein. The higher the capacity in us to hear the word, the deeper and greater is the release of the Spirit of God to us. Jesus spoke to his listeners to the ability of their hearing. Hearing capacity can be a limitition to the extent ministry is released from the Spirit of God.
“1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. 1 Cor 3”
The church in corinth was ailing big-time; they had not developed the capacity to understand the word and produce the substance of the Spirit in the word spoken to them by Paul. This restrained the ministry of Paul to them even though he was living spring among them. When a person or a church is incapacitated in hearing, there is great limitation in the ministration of the spirit. Inability to hear is like a locked valve in the fountain of the rhema word.
Receiving the voice with discretion is sign of maturity in spirituality. Our hearing maturity is demonstrated in our transformational response to the voice of God. This hearing by our spirits determines how ‘much Spirit of God we receive, of the season of that word’. The spirit of a season is carried or harboured in the rhema word sent to us.
“Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. Amos 3:7|NKJV. The Lord will send His word to the prophet; one who is disposed in the Spirit to listen and understand the mind and the purposes God: This office is given life by functioning in grace. When the prophet or a servant of God speaks this word, he releases the Spirit of God for the season. Those matured in hearing prospers in the Spirit released. :…Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper. 2 Chro 20:20.” The words spoken are spirit. Everytime the word of God is released in it’s entirety and accuracy, there is an immense release of the Spirit and life of God into the spirits of the listeners. Whether they are believers or unbelievers, the release of the Spirit and life is not hampered. “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63”. The miracle of the Spirit and life in the word is bridged by our capacity to hear; believing that word W/holily. Those who believe produce the substance of the Spirit of God in that word in it’s season.
Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul. Acts 16:14. The disposition of our hearts to the word of God is key in how God responds to our yearning. This woman Lydia a seller of purple; trading in a rare or precious marchandis in the city… She must have been a rich woman yet a worshipper of God. What a disposition. She heard Paul’s message and the Lord responded by opening her heart to heed the words. The Lord opened her heart to be able to bridge to the Spirit and life in the words spoken by Paul.

Prayer:
Father may you increase the hearing capacity in us to hear the voice in your word. May we hear your will for us in every word that you speak to us. May our spirits be tuned to transformatinal response to your word that we may receive the Spirit and Life that you give through your word. Help us to work on the disposition of our hearts that you may have room to open our hearts to heed to your word in Jesus name. Blessed be your name forever more. Amen.

THE SANCTUARY

A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious throne:– One that is attractive, full of glory and great magnificent; adorable and worth of reverence. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. (Psalms 139:14-15
Exalted from beginning:- Placed as a standard measure of godly pattern. Set as a template to give order to every other throne, domain or creation. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28|NKJV

This is the place and the dimension of operation of the sanctuary of Christ. The sanctuary is the doctrine of Christ. The sanctuary is the place of worship- the consecrated place for sacrifice to the Most High God. The doctrine of Christ is what sets us apart to become a holy sanctuary to our Lord. We are the pattern that demonstrates the doctrine of Christ.“… in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, (Titus 2:7|NKJV).
When we totally submit to the doctrine of Christ, we become a sanctuary to our God. You are a sanctuary to what you have submitted and devoted your allegiance to; a wicked man is a sanctuary of demons. A righteous man is a sanctuary of the Divinity-The holy trinity.
The intensions of God for us is to be a glorious throne, and one that is operating in its place as a standard measure of a pattern of righteousness in the earth. Our place is already appointed and we are not contending for it. We only need to submit to the doctrine of Christ and become a pattern of the order. We are not to contend to be manifested; the Lord has choosen a high place for us- His sanctuary where the earth that earnestly wait will see and gather for salvation, “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. (Romans 8:19|NKJV)”. This high place is called righteousness. Righteousness is the ‘mountain’ of revelation or manifestation of the pattern of the Son of God. The pattern that will bring order in the systems of the world. He is not worldly yet He has power over the worldly system that are there to serve His heritage.
The world ought to look at the sanctuary and build after the pattern displayed. But how will it if the appointed people to become a sanctuary are not submitted and totally sold to the doctrine of Christ!!? If we are to become a pattern to the world that is worth using as a template, then we have to become servants to the doctrine of Christ. The choosen people might end up being a dark shadow in the earth instead of a city on a Hill. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. (Matthew 5:14|NKJV)”.

Lord help us to become a perfect sanctuary to you. Amen.