Full Circle
Will You Be Made Whole?
Many
years ago God asked me a question after one of our ministry retreats. I remember vividly the questions that God has
asked me throughout my lifetime. They
have led to great understandings of His nature and His written word. He spoke to me on a Saturday evening after
returning from a Friday-Saturday weekend retreat. I stood in my bathroom and out of my spirit
came from Father, “Would you be willing to be inside a circle with Me and place
all of your loved ones outside that circle?”
I was stunned at the question. I
was void of His meaning and purpose. I was not mature in my faith enough to
immediately say “Yes, Father” regardless of what it meant. I meditated on this question (that came out
of my spirit) the rest of that Saturday and Sunday.
On
Monday morning I had an answer for My Father.
As I stood in front of my bathroom mirror getting ready for work, I
said, “Yes Lord, I would be willing to be inside a circle with You and You
alone. I will place all my loved ones
outside of the circle and I now close that circle.” Immediately in my spirit I heard God say,
“The Holy Spirit will close that circle.” Obedience to God’s requests of us
brings us to the point of getting help from the Holy Spirit in all that God
requires of us. As my walk with God progressed, I realized
that this act of obedience allowed me to commit actions, incidents, and
situations regarding loved ones to God easier and not be devastated by their
actions. I have taught this “Circle
Teaching” through the years and many believers have benefitted from it.
Years
later in my life, God revealed to me that when I put my loved ones outside of
the circle and remained in the circle with Him and Him alone, I was putting
them firmly in His hand. At the time He
asked me the question, I had to respond in faith regardless of my lack of
understanding His desire and purpose. I
sure would have wanted to know at that time that I was putting them firmly in
His hand. However, I was required to
trust Him with them regardless of His plan.
I had to know that His plan is only a good plan (Jeremiah 29:11). Always trust God. You will not always have all of His wisdom or
word on a circumstance or situation. The
just (righteous) will truly live by faith (Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Hebrews
10:38). Say yes to Him regardless of the
question. He is designing and producing
wholeness in you.
Recently
I asked God a question (we’re allowed).
I said to Him, what about the woman (that would be me) who was left in
the circle with You? I can tell you why
I asked this question. He prompted it. I asked it because He wanted me to ask it so
that He could respond and give me an answer.
He knows how to set us up for His next procedure in our lives. He always leads us to His desire, His
purpose, and His will. We are so led and
empowered by the Holy Spirit to live the God-life. We must remember that it is His Kingdom that
must come and His will that must be done (Matthew 6:10).
This
question prompted God to speak to me about wholeness. He shared that putting loved ones in His hand
is a beginning process of becoming whole and complete in Him ( ). As
awkward as it may seem in the natural, in the spiritual realm all severe
attachments to people, places, and things hinder intimacy with God. It is the establishment of this intimacy with
God that allows all other relationships with people, places, and things to be
set in divine order and bring peace.
The
one who is “circled in” with God enjoys ultimate peace regardless of the
circumstances of loved ones outside the circle.
The “circled In” one knows that it is only a matter of time before God
will bring circumstances outside the circle into divine order. The “circled in” one gets a heavenly view of
others. They see that regardless of a
loved one’s current inadequacies their completeness comes from Jesus Christ. If they are currently functioning at ten per
cent of their allegiance to God, the “circled in” one sees that the ninety
percent is covered by God’s grace as you stand in faith for their wholeness. The “circled in” one takes a heavenly view of
earthly circumstances and knows how temporary and fleeting all of this world’s
pleasures and profits are.
God
has helped me to understand that His view is the completed picture. Our view is the canvas in process. God sits in eternity where completion is the
order of the day. We are in time
processing each moment as it is released to us. However, to keep the faith, we
must see His completed picture purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ. Our faith must be tremendously in His word,
His promises, and His intimacy in our lives.
We
come full circle with Him as we trust, trust, and trust. When we do, the walk gets easier. We know what to expect and we understand that
the complete circle of all our lives is made whole by Jesus Christ. He is making the woman inside the circle (me
living in time) whole while she (in eternity) is already whole in Christ
Jesus. What about you? Have you come full circle? See yourself and others as whole in
eternity. God deals in wholeness. If you are ten percent on your way to
wholeness, He fills the ninety missing percent.
If you are forty percent on your way to wholeness, He fills the other
sixty percent. We are complete in Him (Colossians
2:10). Some of us need more grace than
others. I suspect (knowing Father) that
there is much more of this “wholeness” knowledge to come. Meditate on this word and hear His voice. Let Him make you whole.
PS
In the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Luke, John)
the recordings indicate that Jesus spoke often of “wholeness” when He performed
miracles. He wanted man to be whole,
spirit, soul, and body
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