Isaiah 28:11-12
(KJV)
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
(AMP)
11 No, but [the Lord will teach the rebels in a more humiliating way] by men with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people [says Isaiah, and teach them His lessons]. 12 To these [complaining Jews the Lord] had said, This is the true rest [the way to true comfort and happiness] that you shall give to the weary, and, This is the [true] refreshing--yet they would not listen [to His teaching]. (MSG)
But that's exactly how you will be addressed.
God will speak to this people
In baby talk, one syllable at a time—
and he'll do it through foreign oppressors.
He said before, "This is the time and place to rest,
to give rest to the weary.
This is the place to lay down your burden."
But they won't listen.
What is this refreshing? It’s praying in tongues – your prayer language. Paul the apostle explains,
1 Corinthians 14:20-21
(KJV)
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
(It’s interesting to note that Paul calls the book of Isaiah, “the Law.” I thought it was one of the books of the prophets.) The Corinthians were fighting over what their “new” Christmas toy from God (their prayer language) was to be used for.
(AMP)
20 Brethren, do not be children [immature] in your thinking; continue to be babes in [matters of] evil, but in your minds be mature [men]. 21 It is written in the Law, By men of strange languages and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and not even then will they listen to Me, says the Lord.
Your prayer language (singing, speaking and praying in tongues) is meant for charging you up spiritually,
Jude 20
(AMP)
But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [[d]make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit;
(MSG)
But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit.
Praying in the Holy Ghost builds you up!
1 Corinthians 14:4
(KJV)
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself.
How do you get built up by praying in tongues? You are speaking to God (verse 4). Speaking in tongues is God’s intimate love language; His native language – the Spirit – spirit words! Don’t ever think you have to understand in this earthly realm everything that goes on in the spirit realm!
Anytime you are having an intimate encounter with God you are in His presence; and in His presence is fulness! (Psalm 16:11 ). God fills you to the full with His fulness! Hallelujah! You charge yourself up when you pray in tongues! It’s like using a battery charger for your car when the battery runs low because of some drain on the system.
We all get drained out during the day’s activities. Well, a car has a generator and an alternator that charges the battery while the car is running. But, once in a while you might leave the lights on while you go shopping and come back to find a dead battery. You call AAA and the come give you a jump. That’s what you get with tongues, a jump from God’s jumper cables, Tongues!
When I first got baptized in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues I read that I could sing in tongues. WOW, I wanted that!
1 Corinthians 14:15
(AMP)
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Just as there are different kinds of charges from a battery charger, there are different kinds of charges from the Holy Ghost. If you have the time to place you battery on a charger all night while you sleep that’s fine, but you can’t do that in the parking lot at Wal-Mart. You need to get home!
When you speak in tongues you are slowly charging your spirit up, but when you sing in tongues, you are getting a quick start in the Holy Ghost! Boom! A tremendous charge of energy! Then once you get going about your day, the alternator of God (The Word of God, the Bible) keeps you charged up as you are moving. Try not to leave your lights on (your testimony) all the time; this will drain your spiritual battery. Sometimes you need charging up! Start singing in tongues! This is the refreshing!
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