It's Locked. Now What?

For at least two and a half years now, I’ve been pursuing a specific revelation with Holy Spirit. Every time I think I almost have the full picture in hand, he pops the cork on something else and off I go again! Walking (sometimes running) down the path in front of me to unearth new elements and angles of the revelation I never considered before.

At times, I feel like I’m writing an epic novel or screenplay, except I don’t know what comes next. Heck, I don’t often even know the plot. Holy Spirit is simply feeding me the information as I go.

The frustrating part about unpacking new revelation with Holy Spirit is it’s normally a journey that feels like it’s going to last forever. It’s a constant pull on the books and resources in heaven. It’s a constant pairing of ideas and concepts together until they all click into place.

Oh and of course you have to factor in the level of contention from the kingdom of darkness.

Now, this specific revelation I’ve been pursuing is very worthy and valuable. It’s extremely costly. It’s cost me everything to faithfully and expectantly follow Holy Spirit deeper into this.

Right now, I’m at a pivotal moment. I have wads and wads of wisdom and knowledge, even some understanding about this revelation; however, I am quite literally standing in front of a gate that is locked. And I don’t have a clue how to unlock it.

It’s just sitting there in the spirit. Locked up and preventing the flow to flow out.

I was so overwhelmed in my soul last week that I had to let it go. I had to tell my soul, “Soul, we are going to figure this out, but right now we have to put it down because we don’t have the solution. We have to wait on the solution to come. We have to have expectancy that it will come in the proper timeline Holy Spirit has planned for it.”

Shockingly, my soul handled the instruction to wait pretty well.

My spirit is pretty chill about all of this too. I guess she’s used to the ever-evolving plot twists that come with the epic screenplay God is writing.

So… I’m just waiting. I’m waiting on the next piece to this epic puzzle to reveal itself to me so I can plug it in and unlock the gate. The waiting is really causing me to have to exercise my expectancy too. I find myself constantly reminding myself that the answer will come. I won’t be disappointed. There will be breakthrough.

Choosing expectancy at this level is somewhat new for me. It’s stretching me to press into a level of maturity I wouldn’t have encountered if this specific piece of the revelation had arrived sooner for the gate to open up. However, I like that Holy Spirit is pressing me to mature more. I like that he is holding me to a higher standard and asking for more. It means he sees more potential inside of me now than I see inside of myself. He’s squeezing more out so a higher grade of excellence can go in.

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I don’t know where or how you’re growing with him right now. Maybe you’re in a season where you need pieces of revelation to come together too. Or maybe you need levels of knowledge and understanding that haven’t been unlocked yet. Whatever you’re needing, I hope (I expect) you will continue to have the confidence and courage to press into more. I hope that you don’t lay down and give up because it feels “too hard” for your soul. And, if you’re like me and you just have to kind of wait while you follow the path, I hope you find joy and security in the waiting.

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