In Part one, we closed with God’s perception of the children of Israel during the time of Jeremiah. Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, No, that’s not the road we want! Jeremiah 6:16 (NLT).

How do we seek the discoveries of the fathers?

1.      Listening carefully with the intention to learn. The posture of a learner is very crucial if the learner is to get any information that would help them. If your approach is that of a fault finder, you will never see truth. When the Pharisees attended Jesus’s meeting, the aim was clear – to test Jesus (Mathew 16:1), but when Nicodemus came by night to inquire and to learn, Jesus taught him (John 3:1-3). Take heed how you hear Jesus admonished, not just what you hear, but HOW you hear. Some translation renders it this way “Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen.” Luke 8:18 (BSB).

2.      The discoveries from the fathers can be made from their books. For example, Kenneth Hagin talked about how he wore out a copy of Smith Wigglesworth’s book on faith. He received many of the word of faith from E. W Kenyon strongly,  and during his time, E. W Kenyon had many who could not receive from him. Get books with the mind to learn and to inquire. One truth revealed can be the key to the rest you so desire in ministry.  Get biographies, read, learn, and be humble enough to accept that there are some things these fathers know that I don’t know. What can be the missing link?

Any area of struggle in ministry can be attributed to lack of wisdom and knowledge in that area.

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