OVERCOME FRUSTRATION BY THE HOLY GHOST

 

Your family shall not fall apart but be strengthened in love and overflowing joy because of the anointing of God's favour upon you. 

Good-Life Devotional : OVERCOME FRUSTRATION BY THE HOLY GHOST

Sep 10, 2023

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi

 Luke 11:13 NLT “ So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."

           The  Holy Spirit is to a Christian what electricity supply  is to a household. You may have the best of electrical home appliances ,but they will be of no use until powered with electricity. God has deposited extraordinary potentials in the spirit of the born again Christian and they are brought into manifestation when he or she receives the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the self -regenerating life- giving force of God . In Acts 1.8 , He is described as the power of God. Therefore , we receive power to live the Christian life when we receive the Holy Ghost into our spirits. The disciples were instructed to remain in Jerusalem until they received this power Luke24:49

         The Holy Spirit is a lifetime gift from God (Acts 2:38) therefore, no one can earn the receiving of the Holy Ghost and He remains with us forever once received. All one needs to do to receive the Holy Ghost, is  to ask God in faith.

   The process of receiving the Holy Ghost is also known as Holy Ghost baptism and  is subsequent upon receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and saviour .The Christian without the Holy Ghost is full of fear and excuses for not doing God’s will because He is the driving force behind the Christ- like zeal. It is because of this that the apostle Paul asked the Ephesians Church in Acts 19:2-6KJV “He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost….And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied”.

      The Holy Spirit also known as the comforter  reveals the will of God to the Church ,that is what it means to prophesy .It is because not much is being spoken of the individual Christian receiving the Holy Ghost that has paved the way for the proliferation of quack prophets and magicians behind the pulpit with disastrous consequences on our communities. The indwelling of the Holy Ghost is permanent (John 14:16). It starts with an infilling and as we yield our souls to Him through the saturation of our hearts with scriptures while renewing our minds in accordance to His will( Romans 12.1-3 )and with regular daily personal worship ,we experience different dimensions of His presence in us. Its like using a phone , the more you study it’s manual, the more you soon become acquainted with  it and become an expert on it’s usage . The more we yield to Him the more we become sensitive to His gentle voice leading us in the way we should go.

         God does not give the Holy Spirit by measure, thus, no preacher has more of the Holy Ghost than others ( John3:34, 2 Corinthians 4:13 )  the Holy Ghost is both the anointer and the anointing . He is also known as the Spirit of Christ. He does not reduce or  increase in fluctuations . He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrew 13:8) . However, our experience of the His indwelling can fluctuate , just as abandoning a relationship for a while can make a person feel like a stranger after a moment even if they  had not changed .The relationship is constant but the fellowship changes based on the individual’s passions. Therefore, whenever we experience a lull in our passion for Christ it is expected that we be stirred through a revival , this is attained by regular attendance of meetings where praying in the Holy Ghost( tongues) is a regular feature(Jude1:20) and through laying on of hands.         

               Regular absence from church meetings leads to the quenching of the fire of the zeal to serve God and exposes us to false doctrines ,temptations and satanic manipulations. Despising biblical prophesies even if it makes us sad especially when we are in error leads to quenching  spiritual zeal.  1 Thess 5:19-20 KJV  ” Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesying” The word “Quench” is the Greek  word ‘sbennumi’ which means to ‘extinguish’. It is like turning off a car ignition. The car soon comes to a halt. That’s all the enemy needs to strike , that’s why we need to be close to a mature believer whose word could bring us back to life again whenever we fall.(Hebrew. 10:24-25)

        In Acts 2 when the early church of about 120 members received the Holy Ghost , they

were so filled with Joy that many thought they were drunk .In Ephesians 5:18 believers are commanded to "be not drunk with wine...but be filled with the Spirit." Being filled with the Holy Spirit is in the present continuous tense, making it a continual command for the believer. Getting drunk in the Holy Ghost is expected to be an addiction and a daily occurrence. The drunk in the Spirit are impervious to the circumstances around them, they can face life with less fear and can  better withstand pain  .They act more like Jesus Christ . 

Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Ghost and power to overcome the barriers hindering my advancement in Jesus name

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