I seem to have written much in past years ready for today and this is another from quite a long time ago!

“Learn to walk in the gift of discernment, not the gift of suspicion. Get ready to embrace the move of God!”
— Larry G. Gatlin

As we move ever deeper into the last days, we will be increasingly confronted by the different.

Different new anointings, and different ways of doing things — different miracles, and different people.

All of this means change, and there’s nothing most folk like to avoid more than change.

So, how are we supposed to embrace change without too much ‘suffering’?

There can only be one answer to that Willingly! — yes willingly, wholeheartedly, excitedly, expectantly, and more.

If we disciple folk aright, then we need to be teaching discernment rather than suspicion. We all need to be able to discern correctly, perhaps in a group set up initially, and discern for ourselves eventually.

This of course means learning to hear, or more accurately, learning to discern, The Voice of God among all the conflicting ones — human and spiritual.

Yet there remains that most prevalent of ‘gifts’ — suspicion. Because we do not/ cannot/ will not use our God-given gift of discernment we use this false gift of suspicion to guide our decisions.

That needs to change quickly or we may miss the coming move of God in our nation.

The problem is that this coming move will mean great change for the majority of churches who embrace it.

I am already on record as prophesying to one Church, that this next move will cost them one third of their people — because of the changes they will inevitably have to make.

However, I also prophesied that the remainder would multiply by at least fifty percent to accommodate the new comers — and keep growing.

I have heard some dreadful things spoken about the various moves of God including questioning if “we need those kinds of people in our Church”?

Meaning of course — the newly saved!

Probably very ordinary people who have no experience of Church behaviours or happenings –– like baptisms in water and in The Holy Spirit, hands-on ministry, and so on.

Yet these are the very people God is calling to His Kingdom!

We tend to overlook the fact that we were once just like them — raw and newly saved in all our mess too!

Yes — change is coming Church!

You’d better get used to the idea now before it happens rather than taking offence when it happens.

Learn to walk in discernment rather than suspicion.

As Gamaliel said in Acts 5, “Leave this alone! If it is not of God it will die out and fail. Otherwise you may find yourself fighting with God.”

 

~ Chris G. Bennett

---

Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.

Back to Top