13/08/2024
John 16:13;
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:.."
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God"~Romans 8:14.
Many a times I have been in a situation where I don't know what to do or what to say, but emptying myself to the Holy Spirit, the word(light) will come. I have gotten direction swiftly by relying solely on the Spirit of God to take the lead. You must get to a level as a believer where you must rely entirely, learn how to switch to engaged the ministry of the Holy Spirit to work out modalities.
Sometimes when certain things are mended by the help of the Spirit, especially those things that seems impossible I do asked myself what I would have done with this great and sweet Spirit of God.
You cannot be guided or rule by the Holy Spirit and get it wrong in life. The reason why people are doing things awkwardly or living any how is because the Spirit of God is not in them. We must all desire the infilling, the indwelling of the Holy in us.
Oftentimes, the Spirit of God has led me to do things that marveled me. He will say go here or stay there or do this or that. And as soon as I yield the instructions or obey His voice even though it doesn't make sense to me, boom, something will start working, things will start happening. I will like, thank God I obeyed. Or thank God I didn't leave this place or that very position.
In your state of confusion as a believer you need Him, 'The Holy Spirit" Because He does three major things in the lives of believers which we call or features of the Holy Spirit;
(1) He Leads
(2) He Guides and
(3) He Directs
I got stocked the other day somewhere that I bearly know anybody. I was confused and almost given up, then I began to meditate and praying in the Spirit, immediately the word came. And I heard a small still voice that says, go to that woman and tell her your problem. I was bold because I know His voice, even though I was also nervous because it was on the first day of the just concluded Nationwide protest. So, when He speaks it is final(the case is settled) It is a sure thing, as He will performed it. He knows how to sort things out when necessary. No wonder, a song writer says, God will make a way where there seems to be no way. After everything the woman asked me if I was okay or if I need more or any other thing?
If you don't know the Holy Spirit too well or understand the way of the Spirit you will struggle in Iife and made blunders. Many years ago as a young believer I was curious to knowing things of God by all means so I kept on reading books and listening to messages of great men if God.
One day, I stumbled into one of Dr. D.K Olukoya's book that talks about dreams. In that book he said something that have helped over the years. And I believe it will also be of a great help to you. He said that anytime you have a dream and seems not to remembered the dream before you woke up. That all you need to do is tell the Holy Spirit to remind you of the dream, vision or revelation you had. Initially it sounds funny to me, but when I tried it, I discovered that it works like magic. So, the place of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer cannot be overemphasized
If the the Spirit of God leads you, you will see positive result, unless you were the one who led yourself or heard a wrong voice, or something else is speaking to you. Because there are many voices that speaks to a man.
(1) God can speak to you.
(2) Devil can speak to a man.
(3) Man can speak to a man or a man speaking to himself.
It is worthy of note, that God can only speak to His own children. So, If you are led by God you are obviously the child of God.
Even Jesus knew the importance of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers that is why He specifically told His disciples in the book of John, when He was rounding up His earthly ministry that He won't leave them just like that without the Holy Spirit coming to teach them the way to go in His absence. Acts of the Apostles chapter one verses eight restarted it. And it was fulfilled in chapter two in the upper room on the day of Pentecost.
The Holy Spirit is an experience as well as a personality. So, therefore, as a believer you need Him so much in your daily walk with God.