21/01/2024
THE HOLY SPIRIT TAKES POSSESSION
When you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are immediately redeemed. He is yours, and you are His.
The procession of sanctification, however, is a lifelong process.
For me, it is surrendering more and more every day.
I've been reading Rees Howells' "INTERCESSOR: The Story of a Life Lived for God." https://amzn.to/3Sr0eSl
I was so excited to read of a man also set apart by God and reading of Rees Howells' struggle and surrender:
"I climbed down in a second. The way I had said it was an insult to the Trinity. "I am sorry," I told Him, "I didn't mean what I said." "You are not forced to give up your will," He said again, "but at six o'clock I will take your decision. After that you will never get another chance.
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I said, "Please forgive me; I want to do it." Once more, the question came, "Are you willing?" It was ten minutes to six. I wanted to do it, but I could not. Your mind is keen when you are tested, and in a flash, it came to me, "How can self be willing to give up self?" Five to six came. I was afraid of those last five minutes. I could count the ticks of the clock. Then the Spirit spoke again. "If you can't be willing, would you like Me to help you? Are you willing to be made willing?" "Take care," the Enemy whispered. "When a stronger person than yourself is on the other side, to be willing to be made willing is just the same as to be willing." As I was thinking upon that point, I looked at the clock. It was one minute to six. I bowed my head and said, "Lord, I am willing."
I am not sure what you are going through at this moment. If you don't know Jesus, please reach out directly to me.
For me, today was my ten minutes to decide if I would fully submit everything. Like Rees Howells, I needed the Holy Spirit to ask me if I needed His help. At the altar today at church, I did, and He helped me say, "I AM WILLING."
He has started to show me the door I need to walk through. I pray that I can boldly accept this assignment and not do it by my strength as I have none but by His.
~ DB