MR. T AND HIS NOTES
It is two months since I moved down the coast. I continue to work on my T.V. shows, plus I am busy signing autographs, addressing and mailing dozens of copies of my new book, ‘The First Strawberry Is Ripe’.
I have met a few dozens of new friends in my complex who have extended the warmest of welcomes to me. After going through a difficult period of homesickness, I have adjusted quite nicely to the tiny apartment and to the community.
Do you suppose I have gained spiritually since moving? I have indeed, and I want to pass on how God has blessed me in an area that was pressing….When I lived in the country and wasn’t exposed to Christian T.V. because I only had basic cable, I wasn’t aware of how influential Christians were throughout the world. Of course, I knew there was a great work going on; yet, it wasn’t until I gained access to a Christian station with my new service provider that I was able listen to their messages and watch the Body of Christ in action through a variety of programs.
These magnificent men and women made such an amazing impression on me that I began to compare myself with them and allowed the devil to make me feel inferior to them. In particular, when I do my shows I read my messages from papers which I spend six days a week preparing. I have never had the ability to remember Bible passages or much of anything. I have relied on notes even when speaking to groups.
And not only that…I got so caught up in the atmospheric projections of the underworld, that I wasn’t able to sense the Spirit of God the way I had in my old town; I felt inadequate.
God knew what I was going through. He didn’t answer me through the Word as He usually does, yet He did take charge of the situation.
One evening I was led to take a break from writing my show, and I sat and watched Christian T.V. for a few minutes. Mr. T was on….remember him from 30 years ago in the middle 70’s? He was anointed to share a message that he had prepared. The message burned inside of him. He read the entire message from his notes in an extremely demonstrative fashion bringing illumination and life to everything he shared. He was incredible….the message was incredible….the anointing was incredible…..the audience was blown away—many were touched…I was touched….
After Mr. T’s portion, a husband and wife singing team were introduced. The man began to tell about his Lord by reading from his notes, and then his wife began to sing. Then the man read from his notes again and then they both began to sing.
I knew right away that the Holy Spirit was saying to me that it was alright that I read from notes when I produced my show….the anointing would still be there and that it would affect many people….
Oh how personal He is…how positively knowing and caring to take even a slight weight from my mind and to release me to respond to Him wholly and fully. Bless the Lord.
