There are many things in one’s life that occupy our time, and these details can easily cause us to devote more time to some and neglect other important matters.

For example, I am an artist and if I decide to paint or draw all day long then I may neglect other things that are needed to do in our household.

I do most of the cooking and if I’m so wrapped-up in trying to finish a painting then meals aren’t prepared or cooked, or perhaps bills aren’t paid in time.

I may well also neglect communicating with my wife or other family members, because of being so absorbed in what I’m doing.

This can also be true with many other endeavors that some of us find ourselves doing.

Even Prayer or reading Scripture or a book, may occupy so much time, and cause us to lose focus on other important matters that are needed to do.

The pendulum can easily get set to one side and not swing as it should back and forth in its normal sequence.

It then becomes an unhealthy balance. But if we can somehow see the overall picture of our lives lived while focusing on ALL these things, then everything may well work like a well-oiled machine.

Certainly, there will be times when life seems to fall apart, but our focus on all of the details instead of just one, will enable us to become a well-balanced person.

Of course, our lives are filled with many details, but it really gets down to what are the priorities and necessary things to fill up the day.

There are perhaps six different areas in our lives that come together to create a balanced person:

These would be:

1. Physical,
2. Mental,
3. Emotional,
4. Social,
5. Work/ Financial and
6. Meaning/ Spiritual.

If we focus too much on any one area, then we risk neglecting another one.

For example, if you become solely focused on just work and money, you may end up spending less time taking care of your physical and mental health, or less quality time with family and friends.

Below is a Prophetic Word from several years ago about this very thing.

However, this one concerns a balance between the rhema word and the written word.

1993

“Learn to balance The Word of The Spirit with the written Word.

For when you can do this you are on your way to maturity, for both are needed.

The revealed Word that is spoken, is said out of an understanding of My written Word.

As a tent has stakes in it, which represent My written Word; they anchor the tent and hold it in place.

But what would the tent be holding up?

It takes on the shape and contour that I would embody unto it.

So, in the same way, The Voice of The Spirit is represented in this way.

Let the tent rise to its full potential in Me.

Let its pitch and its sides fall where I want it to — “and know that you are all tents of mine!” would say The LORD.

“You are all being perfectly joined together in Me. For the ministry of teaching My Word, and the spoken Word, are both needed.

And so, this tent is the tent that must be strong. Its stakes must go down into the very ground on the foundation of My written Word.

But let the breeze blow, and let it blow through the fabric of this tent.

Let it seep in through every crevice and stitching of the fabric of My Holy Spirit.

For it is woven by My hands; I AM the master craftsman; I hold the tent by My Son, Jesus Christ. He holds the very fabric together, and by His stripes, nothing will cause this tent to fall.”

Thus would say The Spirit of The LORD, The One who has made every tent for its purpose!

 

Selah,
~ Stephen Hanson

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Stephen Hanson of In His Truth Ministries came to The LORD is a special way in 1975 and has prophesied regularly since. In these end-time birthing pangs we are reminded that judgment must first begin with the household of God. Will we be prepared and ready?
Stephen is a full-time Artist of original architectural, landscape, portrait, still-life and spiritual oil paintings, available at StephenHansonArtist.com

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