Step 11 – Mantled
Mantled – Christ Mantle (give yourself away): Letting others experience the benefits of our relationship with God, gaining the ability to release God’s glory to whom ever we choose. We let God unveil us, recognizing that those who hold onto a veil do so to hide their wickedness, but son are no longer such. The veil of shame belongs to and is a tool of those condemned, not to those made righteous.
What is our “Why”?
We are here to tell people that God is knowable and by knowing Him we become like Him. The degree that we know Him determines the degree that we reflect Him.
As we lay down ourselves to know Him deeper and deeper, He grants us the privilege of carrying His name and His honor into the world.
The purpose of Life is connection. Deep connection produces deep reflection. What does God desire for us? His heart is that we know Him and that we become a reflection, sons that look like their Dad.
Without intimacy, what motivates us becomes self effort and pushing ourselves to be more determined, with better obedience.
Let us say this clearly, God doesn’t need your service. He desires that you receive His love and learn to stay there.
Luke 10:22,41-42 NKJV
[22] All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.” [41] And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things (serving). [42] But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part (sitting at the feet of Jesus), which will not be taken away from her.”
When we sit at the feet of Jesus, we become like Him. Then, Father will ask you “what is in your heart to do.” With this question, if you desire to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, then you will be encouraged to pick up the Christ Mantle.
The Christ Mantle is the power of God resting upon your shoulders. Ask yourself. “Why does Jesus, who is God, need to be anointed with the Holy Spirit?” Answer: He was anointed with Holy Spirit because He became in all ways like us, and we need to be anointed with Holy Spirit. This is the Christ Mantle.
The Christ Mantle is always focused on giving. This mantle can never be focused upon itself: building ministry, performing, worrying about success. The Christ Mantle is full of confidence yet fully focused on releasing love.
Luke 4:18-19 NASBS
[18] “The SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, [19] To PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.”
Notice the confidence in these verses. Jesus knows who He is and why He is here. Now notice the level of self-sacrifice the Christ Mantle requires.
Luke 9:23-24 NASBS
[23] And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. [24] For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
The difficult processes of steps 4 and 5 brings us through the challenge of self denial and deep surrender so that on the other side of these steps we can easily embrace taking up our cross.
The revelation that “you already carry the Christ Mantle” will naturally occur as you allow yourself to sink deeply into the new identity that Father has been giving you, and you learn to enjoy the place of abiding in His love. Because it happened so naturally, the only thing that is needed from you is the decision to step boldly forward and begin practicing to release the confidence that has been growing inside you.
You have in fact been carrying the Christ Mantle for a long time. Now you find just how easy it has become to give the kingdom to all you choose to.
This may sound hard, but you have been enjoying the presence of God regularly in your intimacy with Him already. You have not realize it, but you are actually been enjoying the anointing that has been resting upon you as a son of God. You have always had the capacity to release this anointing in the form of the manifestation of God‘s presence. Just as you enjoy His presence in your quiet times, now you can give people access to His presence.
How do you do this? Just enjoy Him in the moment, give love away, and speak FROM Life into their being.
The process of releasing a miracle is simply a matter of enjoying the intimacy of your relationship with God, and then speaking from that place. You speak from Life, who is the Holy Spirit. You are allowing others to experience what you live in as you rest in God’s love and speak. As you do this, the Holy Spirit will flow out of your inner most part and flood their atmosphere. Just stay right there, giving them more and more of His love until it overwhelms their situation and drives out any evil spirits.
You stay until the miracle is complete. Ask the person you are ministering to for progress updates. No progress only means a spirit is resisting you. Worsening means a spirit is frightened. Small progress means a spirit is giving ground hoping you will be satisfied.