Thirty-third Mountain Peak

"As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which J have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever." Isaiah 59:21

WHATEVER THE LORD has given to us is for eternity, and He will never take it away from us. He may rebuke us. chastise us and punish us when we fail Him, but He is not going to take away that which He gave us. like some people, who when you are friendly give you a saree, but when they quarrel with you take it away again. The Lord will never take away that which He has given us, and He says: "I have given you my Spirit which is upon you". How many times are you spoken to by the Spirit? Those who are truly born again, often begin to backslide due to worldly friendships, and attractions and yet constantly hear a voice saying "Come my daughter, my son, come back to me, come back to Me". That is how the Spirit strives with us. Remember, this is God's promise, "My spirit will not depart from you". What you leam in school, college or university will one day be forgotten, and when we go to heaven there is no memory of Geography, History, or Science. But what you learn in the meeting or in your quiet time, that becomes your everlasting possession. Even though we may forget many friends, yet we find these things are engraved in the spirit. When we are given glorified bodies we shall be given perfect knowledge and when we see our Lord face to face then shall we know, even also as we arc known (1 Cor. 13:12). Because of that perfect knowledge we shall be able to understand what is going on in the whole heaven, but while upon the earth our knowledge remains imperfect.

If you go to a factory you don't understand all the things that are being done there. Perhaps you may understand Something as to how things are manufactured. But in heaven we shall have perfect knowledge and shall know everybody by name. We shall know every part of heaven and wherever we want to walk in heaven we shall walk. There is no question of how to find the way. I have been so many years in Hyderabad, but I do not know the way to every place. If I want to visit somebody I have to take someone with me. In heaven there is no need to take anybody. You can travel yourself, because you will know the way and your knowledge will be perfect. Now God uses many ways and many means to pour knowledge into us. and by His Spirit that knowledge becomes real to us, and by the same Spirit's power we make use of it. God has to use many many ways to deposit in us the spiritual ability which we require.

For example, if you want to be an engineer you must learn Mathematics. Without this you cannot be an engineer. You may know all about History, Philosophy. Geography etc. You may say I scored 90% in History or Geography and the examiner will say: So you want to be an engineer because of the marks you have scored; then what about mathematics and physics? To be an engineer that is the most important qualification. What you learn in Maths, will be forgotten in heaven. But what you are now learning on earth through suffering and trial is a preparation for (he ministry in heaven. Then our knowledge will be perfect about the heavenly angels and heavenly power.