To be in heaven is an awesome
experience! There is none like heaven to
be compared of. If you begin to read the
book of Richard Sigmund with an open heart, you will see how awesome God
is. He prepared heaven for us, for our
benefit and to enjoy the pleasure of His kingdom.
A thought crossed my mind that really impressed my
heart. We don’t need to experience
heaven just like Richard Sigmund to see how God works in our lives and how God
love us so much. Maybe we are not aware
of it but we do experience heaven everytime we do His will. Sounds crazy?
Let’s find out.
I would like to express my gratitude to Sis Nem, for
allowing me to read “My Time in Heaven” through her tab. I was allowed to read in the admin office and
it really challenged me how to finish it since I have to do it after office
hours. But thanks be to God that I was
able to finish reading it with expectation because I learned from it. I realized later on that some of the writings
there actually happened to me – not the same situation but the same principle
applied.
Note: Words in italics were the writings found in
the book of “My Time in Heaven” by Richard Sigmund
“God orders our tomorrows by our prayer
today. As we pray, God gives us our
tomorrows by a system of weights and measures.
He also confirms His plans to us and give us direction in life, telling
us, “yes”, “no”, or “not yet.”
I was in the stage of growing up in
the Lord while struggling in my financial stability. When I started searching of any clerical
position, I was not that serious at first.
I don’t want to be away of the church.
I just prayed that God will open doors – to have a permanent job
according to my skills. When opportunities
began to open, I did not grab it. It
seems that there is no peace in my heart.
I was really tempted to do so but not the right time.
“When we pray earnestly, it releases God
to go into our tomorrows.”
I allowed God to go into my
tomorrows because I waited patiently. There
were times that I want to give up but I kept on holding God’s promises that He
will give the desires of my heart.
“The Holy Spirit makes you aware (if you
are really close to God)that you need to pray because there is something in
your pathway you need to know about.”
When I entered the umbrella of
business, I felt something wrong but I just kept it to myself. I asked God’s wisdom and guidance in
everything and He proved Himself faithful in my behalf. Such a burden too heavy to bear and I can’t
understand why. I prayed God to spare me
and protect me from all harm.
“I was told by the angels who were with
me that these are things that God highly prizes: the highly prized someone who is absolutely
truthful and totally honest, who prays
before he makes any decision, and who makes sure that all his decisions and
what God wants him to make. God highly
prizes someone who will pray and see Him in all things and be obedient. Above all is obedience to God. Those are principles that heaven in run by.”
I was in a situation that if I will
not do something, I will be blamed of. I
prayed God that when the “radical change” will take place, everything will be
put into order. While relaxing, cloudy
wings caught my attention. No form of
human nor supernatural body, only wings that was huge, dark and it seems like
flying towards us. Suddenly, I heard a
voice telling me, “run Gemma, run”. I was
kind of stunned. Why run? I asked.
If I would recall it right, I heard it 3 times and in that third time, I
obeyed. I felt the urgency to obey as I saw
the dark wings get closer. I realized
that it was the Spirit of God who told me to run. It really matters to obey as downpour
follows. In my obedience to fulfill the
radical change, I have to paid the price.
Yes, kind of hard but I need to put things into black and white. Yes, kind of afraid but I know that I’m not
doing my own.
“There is also a bank in heaven – our banks. This is how it works. Everytime you give anything, it is recorded
in heaven. Angels go to a doorway with a
slip. They receive golden coins and
brings them to earth. The coins are
changed to what we need on earth. These are
supernatural finances.”
When the radical change brought into
open, the orginazation’s financial status was unstable. Running out of funds was my greatest fear at
that moment. Despite of financial
shortage, God is faithful. Doors of favor
began to open. Unexpected provision came
in. Surely, God did not put me to shame
for He remembered the covenant of tithing (Malachi 3:10).
“Castle of dreams is the place where the
hopes and the dreams of my people are kept and fulfilled.” God keeps the hopes
and dreams that He wants to fulfil in our lives.”
In those days of darkness, I really
made sure to find refuge in God’s presence whether in my homebase or in the
island. There were times that I badly went
home just to recharge from all the pressures of life. To be honest, I prayed more earnestly in the
presence of God everytime I meet Him in the island. I mean, I’m more familiar of Him in the
homebase but in the island, I really have to spend quality time to know His
direction and guidance of all odds I face with.
Spending time with Him gave me strength and power to overtime
circumstances.
“Then, Jesus drew back a few steps and
began to speak. “For centuries, men have
tried to interpret My Word. Some were
correct, in as much light as they had. Some
were wrong and some of them were sent by the evil one to lead My Father’s
creation astray. From the day that My
grace was extended to redeem creation, the one has tried to steal it from My
hands….” “Beware, the evil one would send you to wrong people.””
If you don’t have discerning spirit,
you will be led astray. If you don’t
know the Word of God, you will easily get acquainted of the wrong
teachings. The worship service I attended
to while I was in the island is different to my homebase. I tried to attend other worship services just
to feel complete the worship. I mean, I attended
the liturgical worship then go to charismatic or evangelical fellowships (if I’m
not satisfied of the mass). I stopped doing
it later on when I heard different teaching.
No question about “pakikisama” but the thing is, where is your heart?
“Jesus said, “You are going back.” I sighed,
and Jesus rebuked me. “The will of My
Father is never grievous. Stand to Your feet. You must go back. You will come back to heaven. You will have angelic visits,” He said. Then Jesus hugged me.”
During my struggling times asking God until when I end
my mission in the island, He reminded me of my college 10-year plan project. Kind of amaze because I almost forgot it but
He did not. I looked for it and found
out that out of 10, only 2 were unfulfilled.
I asked Him for sign until when and He put everything into order. Eventhough my bosses were unwilling to let me
go, the will of God is not grievous that I need to go back to my homebase. When God touched their hearts, I went out
smoothly and good.
Just recently, I saw the continuous effect of the “radical
change” and I consider it a reward because my labor is not in vain. The organization is on their “take-off” mode
and I believe, it will fly soon.
Matthew 25:23 says, "His master replied, 'Well done, good and
faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in
charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!”
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