Enlargement Needed for a New Day
- Neville Johnson

I recently woke up with the words “Enlargement is Now Required.” I lay awake for a while musing on what the Lord was saying and what it meant. The word appears a few times in the scriptures (or in words similar), but what appeared fixed in my mind was the word from Isaiah Chapter Sixty: “Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you” (Isa 60:5).

            The word “enlarged” here comes from the Hebrew word rachab (raw-khab), a primitive root which means “to broaden or make room.” The Prophet Isaiah was speaking about a harvest that was to be reaped in the end times. Most of us are familiar with that passage of scripture; however, it would be good to look at this again in connection with the word “enlarged.” King David said: “I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart” (Ps 119:32).

            The term “heart” in the scriptures speaks of our inner being or inner man–that part of us which is hidden within. The Bible says of that in Ephesians like this: “…that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height” (Eph 3:16-18).

            Classically, the heart is often referred to in the context of love, and the Apostle Paul here is inferring that our heart needs to be expanded or enlarged in order to comprehend the greatness of God’s love. This occurs by our inner man of the heart being strengthened or enlarged.  Isaiah also made it clear that when the great end-time harvest starts to come in, our hearts will be enlarged.

            In other words our inner man—our spirit—will need to be enlarged to be able to cope with and understand the magnitude of what God is doing. The Prophet Isaiah also said: “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited” (Isa 54:2-3).

How big is your spirit?

Have you ever been aware at times when a person enters the room where you are, that they bring a presence with them? You may have your back turned to them but you feel them enter; they have a charisma about them. This can of course just be a forceful personality, but often it is the emanation of a large and noble human spirit. Often when I pray for someone I try to locate their spirit in order to ascertain their spiritual condition. Sometimes I find it difficult to locate their spirit because it is so small and weak.  It is said of Jesus, “and Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” (Lk 2:52).

            The word stature here is the Greek word helikia (hay-lik-ee'-ah), from the same word as maturity. This word has the meaning of inner growth more than physical growth. We need to understand that our spirit is a person, the true person in our tri-part makeup; however, if this person is not fed right and does not live in a right atmosphere he grows weak. That is why we are told that we need to be strengthened in this inner spirit man (Eph 3:16).

            Your spirit man originated in heaven, where it existed in the atmosphere of heaven. Heaven was the air that it breathed. If we do not provide that atmosphere here in this earth for our spirit he cannot live in his full potential. An incident recorded in Acts is interesting in connection with what we are talking about.

ACTS 19:13-16
13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches."
14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

            What did these demons see which was not discernable in the natural realm?  We need to understand that we wear our attitudes, emotions, and our spiritual state, and this clothing can be seen in the spirit realm along with the sounds and smells that emanate from these attitudes. Paul’s spirit was so enlarged and so vibrant with power and love that the demons saw this displayed as what the New Age movement call “aura.”

            Paul’s spirit was larger than his natural body. I have seen this many times in the realm of the spirit. The level of our authority is displayed on the outside of us and the demons can see it. To be able to survive and be victorious in the midst of the darkness that is coming we need to be enlarged. Isaiah saw the hearts of God’s people enlarged in the time of the great harvest. The atmosphere which we expose our spirit to greatly affects its growth. Worship music is the air that our spirit breathes. Good faith building material, exposure to the manifest presence of God, and praying in the spirit are essential to the well being of our spirit. (1 Cor 14:4).

            The Bible says, “He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church” (1 Cor 14:4). The word “edifies” here is the Greek word oikodomeo (oy-kod-om-eh'-o), which means “to build your house or to construct and strengthen your inner man.” How much do you pray in the spirit? Jesus said this: “But He answered and said, ‘It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God”’” (Matt 4:4).

            Your spirit man does not live by natural food but lives and grows on REVELATION. It lives by rhema words of revelation, and must be fed daily. Enlargement occurs each time you are impacted with revelation and your spirit grows brighter. The foolish virgins did not have enough light in their spirit. Our spirit needs to be enlarged to survive the great darkness that is coming upon this earth. Your spirit must shine with the glory of the Lord, and multitudes during this darkness will come to your light.

 

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