God's Strategy Meetings

If we could sit in on heaven, what would we see happening there? Dr. Wilkinson asks this question in his book "You Were Born For This." Most might answer that God is receiving worship from angelic beings. Is that all? Dr. Wilkinson writes,

"Any committee meetings going on up there?" I ask. "Strategy planning sessions?"

Folks laugh. They think I'm kidding.

"How about God? Does He do any work? What about God asking for opinions on important matters? Does Heaven have anything like an agenda for the day?" [1]

Wilkinson looks to a few passages in scripture to help his readers sit in on heaven. 1 Kings 22:19-22

Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD : I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the host of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?'
One suggested this, and another that. Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.'
'By what means?' the LORD asked.
'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said.
'You will succeed in enticing him,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.'

In this passage, the LORD asks those in His presence "who will" do His will? Isaiah 6:8 says,

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Isaiah did not hesitate to offer himself as a candidate for accomplishing His purposes. He passionately replied to God's invitation.

John 5:17 says,

Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."

Wilkinson asserts that heaven, and events on earth, are inescapably linked together in innumerable ways. There are four "keys" he introduces in his book to help align readers to hear God's invitations and participate in delivering miracles. In the next post, those four keys will be discussed.

God's purpose for doing a miracle is always the same: to meet a person's need. [1]

[1] Wilkinson, Bruce & Kopp, David. (2009). You Were Born For This: 7 Kets to a Life of Predictable Miracles. Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah Books, pg. 31, 35.

An Everyday Miracle

By video, Dr. Wilkinson recounts a story from chapter two in his new book, You Were Born For This.

Dr. Wilkinson gives examples of many everyday miracles throughout his book. They are accounts of miracles he himself was involved in delivering, and also those that others were involved in delivering.

I praised God meditating on this true account of how ready God is to answer needs in miraculous ways as we serve Him.