2 Timothy 3:14 NLT
But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you.
Beloved,
My Father in Destiny wrote a book, Structuring Your Life For Responsibility. One of the points established in it is that when a man demonstrates responsibility in every area of his life, especially in the place of his Christian walk and service to the Father, one of the things such a man must enjoy is divine encounter.
God cannot bypass the responsible. He cannot ignore a faithful man. He cannot ignore a man who does His will. May we be found doing the will of the Father.
The next model or approach to enjoying the fullness of divine encounter is what I will call Saul, the King vs. David, the King Model. When we take the word responsibility and truly break it down, you will see two words: “response” and “ability”. A responsible man doesn’t just react to things. Reaction is a display of emotion, impulsive, not really thought out or indicative of any leadership grace or anointing at all. A responsible man responds. In other words, he comes with an answer or solution to situations. Someone who is ready to receive divine encounter is someone who consistently demonstrates responsibility, the kind that is common to those privileged to enjoy leadership grace and anointing; which by the way, every believer has a right to according to the covenant we have in God. Beloved, learn to respond, and not just react to things.
People tend to trivialize the encounter Saul, the temporary king had with God. Just because Saul trivialized such an encounter doesn’t mean his experience was common. Saul was a prime example of one who has totally wasted divine encounter, all by taking the wrong approach. What was the wrong approach? The wrong approach is the approach that combines doubt, fear, entitlement, and weakness generally. When God brings an encounter, don’t waste it! Never lose it! When you read about King Saul, he enjoyed some victories, yes; but, you can’t compare King Saul’s victories to those of King David. People even wrote songs about it (1 Samuel 18)!
A responsible man totally fulfills his divine assignments. King Saul was told by God to destroy all the Amalekites and everything concerning them, but he did what he felt like doing without genuine remorse as his irresponsible manner was (1 Samuel 15).
Nothing makes a man more ordinary than failing to rightly respond to divine encounter. Start practicing responsibility today and this way, not only will God be sure to visit you, you will know what to do when you receive His visitation.
I commend you to God and to the word of His grace.
I call you blessed. I call you NATIONS.
