"Discernment............................"

It’s a common occurrence in my church for a message in tongues to come forth, an interpretation thereof following almost immediately and usually rendered by whomsoever delivers the first. The content tends to be something edifying, occasionally prophetic, but never to the extent of setting a date for the Lord’s return or declaring a need for everybody to empty their wallets into the offering plate. I believe it Biblical. Indeed, if Christ “in” me testifies to the reality of a living Savior who somehow co-inhabits me through the Third Person of the Godhead, then the gifts of the Spirit, all of the gifts, ought to be a potential occurrence for anyone possessing genuine membership within the Body. For it to happen certainly doesn’t indicate that the vessel through which it flows holds higher status than another. The anointing is about ministry, not self-exultation; and, in truth, that the Holy Ghost should manifest Himself via humanity at all is just more evidence of grace. Invite our ego into the process and the probability of the finished product being less than sanctified is a given. Doesn’t that apply equally, however, to any manner that Deity might choose to bear witness through us? A sermon can be just as full of vanity as “yea, I say unto thee”. That’s why the walk remains an individual determination with the need to sort out all the junk as we go, our hand in His hand, our head and heart connected to His anchor-line, steady in the journey…….