STOP OPERATING LIKE A MERE MAN
Sunday 12th June 2022- First Service
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual [people] but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able [to receive it,] and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where [there are] envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like [mere] men?
You can be born again and operate like a mere man if you fail to tap into certain dimensions of the Holy Spirit.
John 2:1,3 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there... And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”
Had it not been for Mary who knew Jesus, they wouldn't know that help was among them. Mary had a certain fellowship with Jesus, that's why she was able to walk to Him.
It is the knowledge of the Holy Spirit that will help you. This has nothing to do with being a preacher, pastor, etc but it has everything to do with being a believer.
No level of IQ can equal to the dimension of the Holy Spirit.
Exodus 17:8-11 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
How do you explain the prevailing of Israel every time Moses lifted his hands? Life is spiritual!
Stop operating in your business, profession, marriage, etc like a mere man.
As you walk out of your house to go to that business, career, job, etc, remember to first go to the hill (seek God, read the word).
Demonic activity is so rampant that a believer who will not engage the Holy Spirit will have minor results (Psalms 127:1).
2 Kings 3:11-12 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?” So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
You can never get stranded as long as there is a voice of God. Natural wisdom will frustrate you and a day will come when you will need the voice of God to take you above.
2 Kings 3:14 And Elisha said, "[As] the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you.
Elisha came not because of Ahab but because of Jehoshaphat. There is a relationship and walk with God that will bring His voice down.
That marriage, business, career, etc needs the voice of God and when it comes, it will cause a change.
2 Kings 3:15 But now bring me a musician." Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
What made Elisha a prophet was the hand of God (the Holy Spirit). He (Holy Spirit) will make you a businessman, teacher, etc.
Genesis 41:12 Now there [was] a young Hebrew man with us there, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his [own] dream.
Genesis 41:39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
Believers are supposed to become solution providers. Stop living like mere men and start manifesting God.
Further Study
Psalms 127:1
Hebrews 11:10
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