Nothing you do will be
acceptable to God or make lasting impact expect you do it by the Spirit. No
matter your purpose in life, without the inspiration of the Spirit, you cannot
achieve much.
The Bible reveals in
Hebrews 9:14 that Christ had
to offer Himself up through the Spirit. During His earthly ministry, He
couldn’t do anything except with the Spirit and through the Spirit.
Jesus instructed His
disciples in
Luke 24:29, to wait in
Jerusalem until they were filled with the Holy Spirit, because He knew they
needed divine empowerment to accomplish the task He had given them. He referred
to the Holy Spirit in John 14:10, as the one that works through Him to perform
miracles. He said “…the Father that dwells in me He does the works.” In the
same way, the miracles, signs and wonders recorded in our ministry, and the
tremendous impact we make all around the world are in no way by human efforts.
They are works of the Spirit of God; we have learned to work by the Spirit and
through the Spirit. And that’s how your life ought to be as a Christian.
You have to be filled
continually with the Spirit in order to be consistent in your walk of faith,
and demonstrate the miraculous.
The Apostle Paul wrote to
the saints in Rome saying,
“never lag in zeal and in
earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning in the spirit, serving the Lord”
(Romans12:10-11). He also told the Church in Ephesus to be filled with the
Spirit.
Make up your mind to do
everything by the power of the Holy Spirit, and not by your human ability. That
way, not only will your service to the Lord be acceptable and sanctified by
Him, you’ll also make more enduring impact with the Gospel.
I do all that I do by the Holy Ghost. It is by the spirit that I rule and make gains. All that I do I do through the Holy Ghost, this is my declaration and my experience in Jesus name, amen
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