The Art of Communication

     Ingenuity!  Ingenuity!  Lord, what do you mean “Ingenuity”?  My question to the Lord, while I was in prayer one day, seeking His face for one thing—He, saying something else! Has that ever happened to you, having a conversation with the Holy One, talking about A, B, & C, and He, pretty much ignores (as though it seems) your questions and starts to talk to you about  X, Y, & Z?  (This kind of conversation, between the Holy Spirit and I, reminded me about Jesus & the Samaritan Woman at the well, (John 4:4-26 KJV).  Talk about Ingenuity in its fullest, read the story of how the lord works!  Here’s a synopsis:  Jesus saying, “Give me to drink”, the Woman at the well is saying, “You don’t have anything to draw with”.  He’s talking about spiritual water she’s talking about natural water.  She then asks him for that water; He then says to her, “Go, call your husband and come here!”  What?  It’s like they’re having a communication problem.  However, Jesus eventually got her to talk about what he was really after, WORSHIP!   Well, I continued to pray, trying to ignore the voice within, to hear him say, “Ingenuity!  Go look it up.”  Well, I did!  It means: The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in combining ideas; ingeniousness; skill; openness of heart; prompt to invent; witty;, well formed; well adapted; an ingenious scheme or plan; ingenious performance of any kind.  In Genesis 11:1-9, you can get another glimpse of ingeniousness at work, “The Tower of Babel”.  The account of this story says that, “The whole earth was of one language, and of one speech” and they, (the people of Shinar which is believed to be the descendents of Noah - Nimrod), spoke to the people about making brick to build a city and tower “Whose top may reach unto heaven and let us make a name…”  But this idea was not pleasing to God, because of their intent; so “the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.”  And the Lord said, “Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”  So he confounded their language that they could not understand one another’s speech.

A person can have great ideas, an awesome plan to do, to have, to be: but is it from the Lord and is it pleasing to him or will it gratify your flesh, your ego?  Can he work the “stuff” out of you, that doesn’t add value, that’s not prospering, that’s causing you to sabotage yourself?  Can the Holy One of Israel re-work, in you His “stuff”, to get you back on track?  I have realized that there’s so much “Ingenuity” in me, that our Heavenly Father has downloaded, and that I haven’t even begun to tap into.   The creativeness that’s in me, I’ve been exploring for some time; the administrative side of me is already in operation; the “sister-girlfriend-social butterfly” part of me is always exercised; the ministerial part of me, I’m now utilizing and realizing even more!  Have I missed the mark, fell off the wagon—YES!  But I continue to get back up and keep moving forward: It doesn’t matter if someone tries to “label” me or hope that I don’t succeed or progress further—I’ve got a revelation and that is, Ingenuity!  

So, the next time you’re in prayer and the Holy Spirit speaks too you and gives you one word and he tells you to go look it up, you better know that he’s saying something to you, for you, and imparting himself in you!  Now I get it!  “…and with all thy getting get understanding!”◘

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