Receiving Revelation from the Holy Spirit is Like . . .

It is a respectable responsibility to speak or write on a fresh new rhema Word on each opportunity to minister. You want to bring relevant and insightful teaching, and you want to do that for as long as there is breath in your lungs. For that you must purpose yourself to remain in God's presence that the flow of revelation knowledge may be constant.

2 Kings 4:1 – 8 talks of a widow who is steeped in debt and about to lose her sons to her creditors that they may work off said debt. She consults the man of God, in this case Elisha, for assistance; and subsequently, obeys his instruction.

Her only asset is a small container of oil. As advised, she borrows more containers—of course, creating more debt—and continually pours oil into these numerous containers with the intent to sell the oil.

The miracle here is that despite the fact that she only had a little oil in a single container, she was able fill all the containers she had to the brim. Quite simply, as long as she had containers in which to pour oil, she had oil to pour. The Bible tells us that when she ran out of containers, the oil stayed.

Therein is the crux of this discussion; she controlled the flow of oil all the time. If she had borrowed ten containers, she would have filled just those ten, and at that point run out of oil. Had she borrowed enough containers to fill her bedroom, she would have filled them all, and only then would the flow of oil cease. If this woman had any understanding of what was about to occur, she would have borrowed enough containers to fill her entire house floor-to-ceiling and the backyard!

And such is the flow of revelation from God to Man. As God is confident you will share the Word that He gives you, so will there be more Word to share. Versus, if you are a Dead Sea for revelation by the Holy Spirit, implying that you have no outlet, the flow of revelation will cease. Of course, you have to create moments in which He can relay said revelation, i.e. your Bible study and prayer times. It doesn't come by osmosis! But the point here is that you control the flow of revelation to you by the revelation you allow to flow out of you.

Finally, understand that this flow was meant to be eternal. Neither you nor I would ever run out of revelation knowledge to share. With it being true that God and His Word are one, according to John 1:1, the flow of revelation to us and subsequently through us can be as infinite as the Father, God Himself.