Yielding to God's Holy Spirit

"If we want the Word of God to have authority in our life, there is only one way - obey it. If we want the Holy Spirit to have authority in our life, there is only one way - Obey Him. If we always obey impulses of fear or doubt or resentment, what will have authority over our minds? Fear, and doubt and resentment."
Tom Marshall

Yielding to God's Holy Spirit:

The Holy Spirit of God will never force Himself on us. We are called to surrender and yield ourselves to Him and His anointing. He graciously takes the Word and makes each message plain and personal, giving the believer the desire and ability to obey and become a “doer” of the Word.

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will show you things to come”

John 16:13

This thought of being yielded is the fundamental requirement of living a Spirit-filled life and ministry. Our ministry to others must always come from the ministry of the Spirit to us, if it is to be fully life-giving.

So, has your king thrown a spear or two your way lately?
“What do I do now Lord?”

Well most everyone in the world can tell you the answer to that query.
You should of course “Pick up that spear and throw it right back”.....or,
“Secretly get even so the king will get what they deserve, and you won’t be discovered.”
Most surely most people would select from one of these, or a more creative
“get-even” response.

Should you agree, you will surely prove many things:
You are very courageous...
You stand for righteousness...
You boldly stand for the underprivileged when
they have been wronged...
You are tough and can’t be pushed around...
You will not stand for injustice or unfair treatment...
You are a defender of the faith...
an emissary of the light...
exposing of every false doctrine...

Now you will also be convinced that you are destined for leadership, in fact, you just might be the anointed hand of God yourself!....
After the birthright of king Saul...
One thing is for sure, if you are made the new king, it most likely won’t be very long before others recognize how adept you have become at throwing spears.

“There is a way which seems right to a man
and appears straight before him,
but at the end of it
is the way of death.”
Proverbs 14:12 Amplified Bible

After this must result in our yielding to the power of the Holy Spirit of God. God seeks for us to learn from the very beginning of our relationship with him, how to yield to His will over our will.
This is something that is virtually unteachable from person to person. Some seek after the fullness of the Spirit-filled walk for years, because they are unable to learn the lesson of yielding to Him. When they have received, each will tell you the secret to living in this resurrection life is found in seeking and yielding to the Lord.
But each one of us must discover this on our own, as God wants each individual to know how to let Him have His way in the times to come. This is a lesson that is highly specialized by the hand of God, fitted to the nature and needs of each believer.
We must realize however, that at no time does the Lord require or desire the believer to surrender his/her own personality. The Lord has instilled in each the personality which He intends to possess and work through, to His glory and honor. The Holy Spirit does not take the place of the individual. He simply seeks to shine the light of Christ through the filter of our yielded vessel; enhancing and glorifying Himself. This emphasizes the highly individualistic nature of God in dealing with His children; as we must do with the children God has entrusted in our care.
Moses was amazed as he turned aside to see the bush that was burning on the backside of the desert (Exodus 3:2.3) . The thing that caught his eye was not the burning of the bush, so-much-as the fact that the bush was not consumed in the fire.
Likewise when the Holy Ghost sets the hearts of believers on fire, aglow with the love and presence of the Lord, the personality of the individual is not consumed.
The dross in our lives may be separated and consumed, but our lives become radiant in the glow of God’s glory.

Come lets walk together in the Glory of God’s Call....

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