Fellowship with God
We need a dialogue with God to have a relationship with God. To have
that dialogue, we need to earnestly ask, seek and knock for wisdom
(James 1:5) and prophecy (1 Cor.14:1). Keep it up.
There may be
unconfessed sins that block your communication with God. Cleanse your
hands, you sinners. Cleanse your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve over
your sins. This is important enough to stop everything for.
After
praying for it, ask the Lord if you have it or not. let your left hand
contain the "no" answer and your right hand contain the "yes" answer.
Which hand has the peace of God over? If it is "yes" then take the guts
of faith and step out in it. It will take time & experience to
learn to do it well, so practice this with a few others and get feedback
if you can.
James said, "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives
generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts
is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind." Wisdom is the
gift. The Gift of the Word of Wisdom from the Holy Spirit. This is
how we supernaturally get this gift. ALL the supernatural gifts of the
Holy Spirit are gotten in the same way.
Jesus said, "If you,
then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who
ask him!" What gifts are these?
Paul said, "Are all apostles?
Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have
gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But
eagerly desire the greater gifts." How do you desire something? You
seek it. If it is God, you ask in prayer.
Paul also said, "Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially
the gift of prophecy." Again, how do you desire things from God?
Through earnestly asking God, I have received numerous gifts from the Holy
Spirit through the years. Remember that deliverance is not a gift of
the Holy Spirit; it is the power of attorney every Christian has the moment they became a Christian.