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♧Before Jesus said to Peter and the disciples, “unto you I give the keys of kingdom” He enquired on how they knew Him.

♧In our days, we may say they received a survey with two questions.

1.Who do MEN say that I the son of man I am?

2. Who do YOU say, Iam?

♧As you well know, they scored highly on the first question. They had ears on the ground they knew what people speculated Jesus is.

♧Whoever on the second question, it would have been so sad if what other people said is also what they said.

♧They walked, worked and practically lived with Jesus.  That proximity and access meant that they knew him.

♧However, to really know Him, who He really is,  Peter did not speculate,  rationalize or critically evaluate.  He received a  REVELATION!

♧Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
Matthew 16:17 NIV

♧There is a knowing that is only received through Revelation.  Not flesh and blood,  nor looking at the outward appearance.

♧Like Peter may we open up to Revelation, act and speak with confidence because of the revealed Truth.

♧There are many who have missed the open doors,  because we made decisions based on what people say or what we know from observation. 

♧Samuel almost missed it when on assignment to anoint a king in Jesse’s house. However, he yielded and operated with Revelation.

♧But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7 NIV

♧Before you dismiss someone,  or act on your gathered intelligence,  Give room for Heaven intelligence.  Receive a Revelation that no flesh and blood can reveal.

ⒸLucy Paynter