I asked a friend tonight about how to discern or what to do when you hear what seems to be a leading of the Holy Spirit, but it's not easy to do, or you're not sure if it was really Him and not just your own mind demanding something of you. My friend replied:
"Is God, a God who demands our effort.... my answer would be yes to a certain extent, the other part is knowing that it's okay to say I'm not sure I can do that, or this..... He asks us to be obedient, to trust Him, to trust that His expectations of what He wants for us to achieve, there is no pressure, or stress, there is no fear where God's will, vision or purpose is concerned... He asks for faith, even if we put in a little, or a big effort, we can never disappoint Him.... He gives us His Holy Spirit to enable us to do great exploits, but the rest of the effort is really His.....Jesus was moved by passion, He was and is moved by Love. He will also disciple/teach you in/for such a time, until He knows you are confident enough, He knows you can do all things for He gives you the strength to do so."
Again, my friend said:
"If it's something you don't genuinely want to do, don't allow yourself, or the enemy to make you feel guilty....because the Holy Spirit doesn't force you to do anything unwillingly. to attempt something that appears to be impossible, is something that needs to be left with a God, who is the only one who can make it a reality....human logic never really fitted into God's possibilities, or His Vision/purpose. if you can discern that there are area's within yourself, that maybe you Haven't allowed God access to, then maybe you need to let Him have full control, open up those parts of you that He wants to give you freedom. Liberty."
No comments:
Post a Comment