POSITIONED FOR A DIVINE ENCOUNTER (PART 6).

DECEMBER 28^th
TEXT: Luke 2:25-33King James Version (KJV)

²⁵ And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

²⁶ And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

²⁷ And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

²⁸ Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

²⁹ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

³⁰ For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

³¹ Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

³² A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

³³ And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

 

In the midst of the move of God not too many persons are sensitive enough to sense the move of the Spirit. Too many get carried away by the things and the people they are familiar with and for some others, they get encumbered with activities and then fail to position themselves in the place where they will encounter the glory of God for their lives.  But one which almost everyone of us are guilty of is the attitude we manifest after the event is over. We tend to limit the move of God to the time the event is holding. While it is true that during the event there is a great release of heavenly graces and glory, it does not come to an end on the last day of the event. The truth is that such divine visitations are meant to start something that is meant to continue for a long time. This is because the Lord is not just interested in showing up to do some miracles here and there, He intend to dwell in our midst. This is what we read of in the book of Acts. After the release of the Holy Spirit, the real work began as the apostles went everywhere manifesting the glory of God in power.

 In our passage for today, just when there seem to be no more visitation by angels as recorded around the time of the birth of Jesus, the Lord moved upon his servant Simeon who has been waiting in the temple for the manifestation of the salvation of Israel. If you will position yourself in an intimate relationship with God, the Lord will usher you from one encounter after another even after the event is long over. Position yourself for a visitation and you will be amazed the glory that will follow your life.