The Lord said to Isaiah, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but DO NOT UNDERSTAND; Keep on seeing, but DO NOT PERCEIVE (observe).’ “Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed.” (Isaiah 6:9-10) Will, what the Lord is saying to Isaiah, after many years of seeing His people constantly disobeying His word, is “I know you listen but you do not get what I am saying to you.”
I sat under you dad’s ministry for several years and I can say with all sincerity, he is one of the best preachers I have had the privilege to sit under. But I noticed Will, that while he ministered many were talking to one another or on the cell phones. So, I was inspired by the Lord that during his altar call I would go up to the front row and pray for him to be powerfully anointed and that God would open the ears of the people listing. This made me realize how deceitful the devil was to keep us from receiving from the Lord. Jesus spoke to His disciples, “And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For WHOEVER HAS, to him MORE WILL BE GIVEN, and he will HAVE ABUNDANCE; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.” (Matt. 13:10-12)It will be taken away by the devil, “Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and TAKES AWAY the word out of their hearts…” (Luke 8:12)
I am so very thrilled to have the privilege to minister to you Will, I love doing this, I feel it is what God has called me to do for the time and I’m praying for you to become so close to God that you will clearly hear Him about what He has for you to do. Please let me know if there is any area that YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE I’d be very happy to help you in any way I can.
“Grace to you and peace Will, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He CHOSE US IN HIM before the foundation of the world, that we should be HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME before Him in love…” (Ephesians 1:2-4)
-Bill Stockham