“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” John 8:56

Matthew 5:2, “He opened His mouth…”
Acts 8:35, “Then Philip opened His mouth…”
Acts 10:34, “Opening his mouth, Peter said…”

The role of the Holy Spirit is vital in the direction of our destiny. 

In Matthew 5:2 Jesus spoke to a multitude of people during His famous sermon on the mount. Jesus was introducing the Kingdom of Heaven by speaking about the old law and how it had been passed down by tradition and then contrasting it with the law of love and the nature of God. By yielding to the Holy Spirit and simply opening His mouth, Jesus gave to us the most profound and often articulated foundation for Christianity. 
 
In Acts 8:35 when Philip yielded to the Holy Spirit and opened his mouth he shared the gospel with the eunuch from Ethiopia and by doing so helped to spread the gospel to that distant land. 

In Acts 10:34 when Peter yielded to the Holy Spirit he was lead to a Gentile home, a place he would not have gone without the prompting of the Holy Spirit. By yielding to the Spirit, he opened his mouth and the Lord was able to spread the gospel to an unreached people group. 

The Lord is still doing the same thing today; He still desires to use His children to change the course of the world by simply yielding to the Holy Spirit and being willing to open our mouths to share. Are we willing to let God express Himself through us? It is a living relationship with Him and God hasn’t just called pastors into it, He has called everyone into it.

Romans 4:13, “Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.” 

Abraham was by no means a perfect man, but because he had a right relationship with God the Lord honored him and said that he is the father of all who believe. God blessed him because he believed God and journeyed through life with Him. God honors faith and blesses those who believe His promises. To those who fear God the message of salvation comes. 

God promised Abraham that he would be the father of not just one nation, but the father of many nations. God is pouring out His Spirit and bringing salvation to all people through faith in Christ. Are we going to follow in Abraham’s footsteps by yielding to the Spirit and being willing to allow God to express Himself through us?