THE INGREDIENT TO SUCCESS AS A CHILD OF GOD
Genesis 1:1-2 ‘In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was
formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the
deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.’
John 14:14-18 ‘You may ask me for anything in my name, and
I will do it. “If you love me, keep my commands. And
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you
and be with you forever,; The Spirit of truth. The world
cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know
him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as
orphans; I will come to you.’
The success of every Christian lies on his relationship with
the Holy Spirit.
Most Christians do not give time to the ministry of Holy Spirit
in their lives, and do not know how he speaks. Prayers, faith, giving must be born
from the Holy Spirit. Our systems should not take first preference than the
Holy Spirit.
Many problems in life is because of not listening to the
Holy Spirit for He is our guide. If you are a part of Jesus you must know his
voice and recognize His voice for “His sheep knows His voice.”
You will be able to recognize His voice even in the midst of
many voices if you have developed a character of spending enough time with Him
and get experienced with his voice. You need to do this patiently.
When you pray or enter the presence of God need-driven, you
will be more concerned about presenting your needs instead of building your
relationship with Him. If you have a relationship with Him you will not pray
for your need, for He will know them before you pray and He will give them to
you. Don’t let the flesh, mind, internet, television, news paper and Holy
Spirit speak at the same time because you will not be able to differentiate the
voices as you lack ‘experience’ with the Holy.
The Holy Spirit does not want to be involved in only some
things for the bible says He will teach us all
things, both spiritual and non spiritual things. You can even ask the Hold
Spirit where to shop, what to eat, who to be close to etc. The Holy Spirit
wants to speak and guide you wherever you are and at whatever you do. He is not
only for emergency.
With Him he will teach you not to compromise your
relationship with Him, so He will not let you just do everything you want and
you will be conscious with the presence of the Lord. Without the Holy Spirit
you just live as an orphan.
Do not let your experience, familiarity and education over-power
the instruction of the Holy Spirit. Develop a life where the Holy Spirit will
be inside you and not around and on top of you for you will be empty without
Him inside you.
The Holy Spirit is the secret of the church
- He is the one who teaches what prayer to pray for not every prayer is necessary
- He gives you boldness instead of fear and confusion (for you know who you are in Christ)
- He guides you how to deal with issues in your life
- He gives answers to your questions
Keep your heart clean for He speaks in your heart. Your
heart is the ear of the Holy Spirit. You can take risk with your body but
not your heart, so protect it.
The Lord wants people who are thirst of the Holy Spirit to
let the rivers of Holy Spirit (living water) flow from the inside to benefit
many people. With this flow, He builds
the fruit of the spirit and changes your character and calls you to His gifts
and purposes your life.
We must behave like a deer who longs for waters (the Holy
Spirit) in order to be safe from the lions (evils) of the world. It is in the
presence of the Holy Spirit that we can hide our life. Let the Holy Spirit over-shadow your life.
Don’t let the worshipers, who don’t know about the presence
of God, usher you during the worship service for it is during the worship that
you know how to enter in to the presence of the Lord where His spirit is.
©Servant of Bishop Thabo Masenya, South Africa.
#VictoriousGathering2019
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