FAITH FOR DIVINE DIRECTION

A lot of times, I have sought to be led by God’s Spirit, all the while HOPING that God would just lead me & tell me what I need to know. Other times, I have set out to receive divine direction concerning a particular issue, KNOWING that I am a son of God and God is willing to lead me, even more than I am willing to be led. The difference between the two sets of circumstances is FAITH.
 

 

It’s one thing to hope that you’ll receive divine direction as you pray, fast & wait on God, it’s another thing to KNOW that divine direction belongs to you. When I began to see scriptures like Luke 8:10 – unto me it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God – I became excited because I KNEW that I could not be confused in life. Then I saw 1 Corinthians 2:12 – I have received the Spirit of God that I might know the things of God. Wow! How can I ever say “I don’t know what to do”, how can I ever complain “I am confused”?! The Greater One lives in me! I am joined unto Him, I have become one spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17)! What belongs to Him belongs to me; the mysteries that He gives me I speak in a supernatural language, how then can my future be mysterious? I may not know certain details right now, but I have an anointing inside me to teach me, I know all things (1 John 2:20&27)!

 

Yet, a lot of these things seem strange & impossible to many children of God. It seems as if being Spirit-led is the hardest thing in the world. Sometimes, what is missing is FAITH for guidance. When I get to praying, asking God to lead me, I am conscious of this truth: I am not trying to convince God to be willing to speak to me, I am only tuning in to His frequency to receive what He is only so willing to reveal. Listen, child of God, your heavenly Father loves you and is constantly thinking love-thoughts towards you, He wants you to receive or “catch” those thoughts! These things are hidden, yes, but they are not hidden FROM YOU, you ain’t the devil, you’re not the world; they are hidden FOR YOU! What eye has not seen, what ear has not heard, what has not entered into the heart of man; God wants your eye to see, God wants your ear to hear, God wants to introduce into YOUR heart!

 

When you see that you need to be led by God concerning an issue, don’t be sad, REJOICE!!! Don’t let that familiar feeling of dread settle over you like “what if I miss it?”, instead let faith rise in your heart, saying “God my shepherd is going to lead me, it will be made clear to my spirit, and then my mind will know it, I KNOW WHAT TO DO!”

 

This faith is a knowing, an assurance of things hoped for. I know that I know that I know that I am a son of God, and by His Spirit, I am led in prepared paths, even when it seems not so clear, by His light I walk through darkness. I can never be confused in life. I can never be misguided. I always know what to do. It may take some time waiting on God in His Word, in prayer, in fasting (mostly because my body and mind need to get quiet & get in line and I need to become more sensitive to the Holy Spirit and aware of my own spirit); but surely, most assuredly, verily verily, my spirit will pick it up and give my mind to know. I know this because unto me it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.

 

Now, wisdom says there are some things we ought to take heed to:

1. Engage the power of tongues, use it often, give your spirit free expression (1 Corinthians 14:14)

2. Don’t seek to be led through any other means except how God has said in His word: primarily, through the inward witness (Romans 8:16 & 1 John 5:10)

3. Live consecrated. There’s no point seeking to know God’s specific will when you have refused to follow His general will already written in the Word (Romans 12:1&2). If I was God, I wouldn’t tell you nothing! But thank God I’m not God, LOL!

4. Live consecrated. Same word, but this time referring to a willingness to do whatever he says to do. Jesus was this kind of son, utterly consecrated, completely given over (John 8:29). You are too, so be.

 

When you desire to be led by God on any issue, go to prayer with this assurance from God’s Word, direction is yours, it is yours, it belongs to you, it’s your loving Father’s love-gift to you. Simply reach out in your spirit & receive it!