Holy Spirit’s Power

I have been thinking about something I heard the Pastor say yesterday about hunting quail.  He was relating it to our enemy and how you may have to walk right on top of the quail before they all fly out at once and startle you and then it’s easy to miss all the birds.  That is what the enemy does, He tries to scare you and put fear in your heart so that he can rend you helpless.  It was a very good message but when I got thinking about it I thought that using a bird dog had an advantage; with a dog you would be ready to bag some of the birds because you would be far enough away that they wouldn’t startle you.  What makes the difference, the dog being between you and the birds and what will make the difference when the enemy of your soul tries to attack and scare you the power of the Holy Spirit who stands between you and your advisory. And how do we get this power?  Let me give you some good news, every born-again believer has this power dwelling within them all the time.

Please read 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

So how do we access this power?  That is very easy because this power is only a prayer away.  When we feel like we are losing this battle, when the enemy is just overwhelming us, we have some promises we can stand on and they are in the Word of God.  David, when he came up against Goliath the Philistine giant, instead of running from the battle he ran towards the battle and defeated the giant, with God’s help, because he went in the name of the Lord!!

There are promises in the Word of God for us to read Isaiah 59:19, KJV, “So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.”

Now read Isaiah 54:17, NASB, “‘No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me,’ declares the Lord.”

The Holy Spirit has the ultimate power, read this in Zechariah 4:6, “Then he said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.”  

The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in every born-again believer and there is no bondage that He can’t break; not the spirit of pride or alcohol or drugs or porn, gambling or homosexuality or abortion or prostitution or any other sin that has a hold on mankind.  Jesus came to set the captive free, if you want to read a true story about a man that was filled with many demons and then was set free, read Luke 8:26-39 and this same thing is happening in many parts of the world today. I know that many of you who read this know these things, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded of this again.

This wasn’t meant to condemn anyone, but to encourage everyone that there is hope for whatever situation you are in.  Jesus came to seek and save that which is lost.  If you are not a believer and you feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit, repent of your sins which means to turn away from your sins and turn to the Lord and ask Him to forgive you and to come into your life and to be you Lord and Savior and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness and to cover you with His righteousness.  His Word says if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us of all unrighteousness in 1 John 1:9.  It also says that He is not willing that any be lost but all come to repentance.

I hope this has been helpful to everyone who reads it and may the good Lord bless you and yours and may you have a super day!!