Finding Newyou

Two weeks ago, I attended a seminar about ‘the 7 mountains in life to be conquered’ by Dr. Lance Wallnau. I thought it was free, but suddenly I had to pay Rp.300.000,-. Huuuhaaa! Well if you ask me now, I will say it was a three hundred thousand rupiahs that changed my life. By the way, I think Dr. Wallnau is a very cool preacher. He’s got cool style and speaks very fluently about the Bible. It’s like that he has read the story of David vs Goliath, Saul, and Joseph 1000 times.

He opened the seminar by telling a story of a fish in a tank. Dr. Wallnau shared that he once visited his friend’s house. He then glanced at his friend’s aquarium. An exotic looking fish attracted his eyes. “What kind of fish is that?” he asked. Proudly, his friend answered that it is a special fish from Asia called the Japanese Oranda Fish. “How big will it grow?” he expressed his interest. “That depends”, answered his friend. “Depends on what?” Dr. Wallnau mumbled absent mindedly as he observed the different colors of the scales. “Depends on the size tank you put it in. Stick him in a 50-gallon tank and he grows to nine (inches). Without a tank he can be a foot long.” (Transformational Coaching, p. 193).

Like that fish, our size (capacity) also depends. The more revelation we have, the bigger we are.

When I confess my sin and believe Jesus Christ died for my transgressions and failures, he becomes my God and I become His Father’s son, His heaven becomes my eternal home.

I thought that was all. But then a new revelation came. He told me that He will baptize me with the fire of the Holy Spirit. And as He said, I was and am baptized with the Holy Spirit. Now, I am not only saved, but also baptized with the Holy Spirit. But at that time, I didn’t know why I was still struggling with my sins; I still watched pornographic movies after having all the spiritual experiences.

Not until God revealed to me that if I live by the spirit, I will not satisfy the desire of my sinful nature anymore. Temptations to do sin still occurred, but being baptized with the Holy Spirit, I began to speak in tongues each time my flesh wants to do sin. That was the end of pornography in my life.

God then revealed to me that the righteous will not be beggars. So I believe His words, and I live my life with abundance for He who owns all the universe is my Dad.

But not just it. He told me that if I give my live to Jesus, a lot of people will be saved through my life. So I give it all to Jesus, and I saw (and I will see it even more) that many people brought to Jesus through my life, GLORY TO GOD.

Now, I am not only saved, but freed from sin thanks to the Holy Spirit. Not only that, I am blessed. And even more: I bless others’ lives. This fish is getting bigger and bigger depends on the revelation he has.

You are as big as your revelation.

New revelation is the new you!

For it is written in Psalm 1:1-3:

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of the sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yield its fruits in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.”

“How big is that tree?”, you may asked me. “It depends”, I answered. “Depends on the amount of the water it drinks.”

“How successful are you?”
“Ummm, I don’t know how to answer that.”
“Okay, maybe I should rephrase my question. How much is your revelation? How much time did you spend on reading and meditating the Word of God?”

the brand of a pen is not written in the bibliography, it’s the author’s name
Glory to God !

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