John Belt: "Keeping the Flow in Your Life"

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We've been receiving words of late about God purifying His Church, preparing His Bride...making us ready for a great outpouring.

This word by John Belt will help you to keep the flow going and deal with clogs along the way. John shares:

When there are clogs in your spiritual drain, it causes stagnancy. If the water of God's presence is not flowing, there could be a blockage making our spiritual waters dirty over time. It is important that we are able to recognize clogs and the things that clog quickly, seeing with the eyes of revelation.

Read this word by John and get some excellent keys to keep the flow going!

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I've been dealing a lot with breakthrough, spiritual clogs, and the waters of God's presence lately. It just seems to be the subject the Lord keeps hitting on. In a previous article, "Breakthrough: The Outburst of His Waters," we talked about how God uses fasting to bring us to a place of breakthrough, awakening, and sensitivity to His Spirit.

God wants His people free to live in His presence. Did you know that He is jealous for us? He does not want any other gods in our lives, but that He would be our infatuation and desire. Here is another article dealing with spiritual clogs and the ways God has given us to walk in the fullness of His presence.

Keeping the Flow In Your Life

When there are clogs in your spiritual drain, it causes stagnancy. If the water of God's presence is not flowing, there could be a blockage making our spiritual waters dirty over time. It is important that we are able to recognize clogs and the things that clog quickly, seeing with the eyes of revelation.

The thing is, if we are not accustomed to experiencing the flow of God's presence in our lives, then it will be much harder to recognize when things are not as they should be. If oppression is what you are used to, then spiritual clogs may not be obvious. On the other hand, when a breakthrough does come, you will notice that because there will be a fresh flow of God's presence that you've not previously experienced. (Photo via Pixabay)

Judges 16:18-21 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart." So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand. Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" So he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!" But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.

Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.

God wants us to live our lives without compromise. It is interesting in this story of Samson that the very first thing the enemy wants to do is take out Samson's eyes. Did you know that he does the same thing when we people compromise in sin? We need to live clean from the dirt and filth of the world.

1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

That is the kind of stuff that clogs our spiritual drain. When we have a flow of communion with God in our lives, there is a freshness and flow of the Holy Spirit that is tangible (see 2 Corinthians 13:14). Living in the reality of His presence enables us to see the sin and compromise that clogs things up.

Knowing how to break through those clogs is important as well. We have to use humility, spiritual weapons, and tools to break open hindrances that stop the flow of God's presence. It's all about keeping the flow. God has created us to live in the river of living waters. Repentance from sin, renouncing darkness, asking for cleansing, and casting off the oppression of the enemy are all legitimate ways that we can open up the flow of God's Spirit in our lives.

1 John 1:8-9 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But it's not always a sin-related issue, but sometimes just because you were exposed to an oppressive atmosphere in a place or person. When this happens, give yourself in worship to God and ask Him to wash you in the river of His presence. Ask for cleansing through the Blood of Jesus. I wrote a song a long time ago that goes like this:

By Your blood and Your Spirit come and dwell within us.
You are welcome...come within us.
We are holy habitations of Your Presence.

Don't you think God will answer that prayer? He wants us to live in His reality more than we do. Our heart's desire is central to keeping this flow of the Spirit in our lives. We have to want to live experientially with God. It cannot be enough to just "know" some things. There needs to be a desire to experience God and know that you have something real to share with others. It is the fire of our desire that drives us to pursue God at a higher level of commitment, consecration, and dedication.

Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.

Tenacity with God is valuable. This is the attitude that says, "I will not let go until You bless me!" (see Genesis 32:26-28). If we don't have this mindset, we will settle for less. God does not want us to be soft, but diligent, determined, and even somewhat demanding.

Psalm 77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, and my spirit makes diligent search.

Faith pleases God. He is looking for someone to believe. He will deal with the rest of the quirks in our lives. He wants to see some faith! This kind of determination will cause breakthroughs to occur in our lives and keep the river of His presence flowing.

John and Brandi Belt
Overflow Global Ministries
Email: office@overflowglobal.com
Website: www.overflowglobal.com

Overflow Global Ministries is the ministry of John and Brandi Belt. The heart of their message is that God's greatest desire is to indwell His people with His presence. They believe that man was created to be inhabited by God through His Spirit. With a sincere devotion to God through the Holy Spirit, people can live in a place of overflow in His presence. This overflow translates into touching the lives of others through living encounters with God. When John and Brandi minister, the intimate presence of God is manifest – being accompanied with demonstrations of God's power to heal, revive, and restore.

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