Continuing to teach about the person of the Holy Spirit and His voice, Priscilla shared with us that the start of her ministry was progressive. The doors just kept opening up as she walked through each door - "enough light for the step", she says.
Her advice to us was "keep doing what He's put in front of you to do today." Great advice. This is the same advice my dad gave me in being a pastor's wife and my calling.
The main verse used was John 16:13
"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth for He will not speak on His own initiative but whatever He hears, He will speak, and He will disclose to you what is to come.
The Greek word for guide in this verse, Priscilla says, means to lead someone who is already on one's way or a person who advises, points out and shows others the way."
So, the Holy Spirit guides you progressively.
"......so that we may know the things freely given to us by God..." I Corinthians 2:12.
What has been freely given to us - that is our assignment right now, Priscilla said. "Our frustration comes when we want more than what God has freely given to us." Wise words.
Another piece of good advice was this: "If we rush too quickly forward to the destiny God has for us, the character in us will not be fortified."
Each step carries something for us into the next step. "Invest yourself fully right where you are."
The verse in John not only says He guides but there is someone He guides: You!
The Holy Spirit guides you personally.
He knows you. Everything about you.
The Holy Spirit is the one who awakens our desires to be more fully engaged to His, Priscilla shared. He aligns us up to Him.
Priscilla put it like this: "He realigns our want to so that our want to wants to do what God actually wants us to do."
Think about that for a moment.
This verse in John not only says guide, you but also the word into.
Which means - He guides you internally.
What does that mean?
"There is an internal layer of truth that we do not have access to in our human wisdom."
With the Holy Spirit in us, He helps us to see what's below the surface, not just what we are seeing with our physical senses. We can see "into" a person, a situation, a reaction. "It changes our response" because we can now respond with the gifts of the Spirit not our own human spirit.
He allows us to "see" what's in our "blind spot." The Holy Spirit will steer our:
- will
- emotions
- conscience
- heart
The result:
A soul completely transformed from the inside out.
According to the apostle Paul in Ephesians 6:14 we need to have on our breastplate of righteousness to guard our heart, so we can be transformed, not allowing the enemy any access to our heart.
We learned that the heart is the hub of our soul.
The enemy is after our heart. "If he can get access to our heart, he has access to our mind, will, emotions and conscience."
The enemy wants to set up strongholds in our life. These strongholds stand against the knowledge of God.
We can stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.
Priscilla ended with this statement:
"keep the airways clear between us and God, have our spiritual radar peaked and ready to pick up on divine frequencies and hear God's Word for our lives."
Next week Session 4: "Reflective of His Heart"
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