And it shall come to pass...that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids... will I pour out my spirit.
Joel 2:28-29
The Lord knows your struggles, He knows about the obstacles, hurdles and stumbling blocks being set before you and today He declares that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh… Everyone will have the eternal compass leading the way to salvation; everyone will be afforded the opportunity to grow in Christ and abide in His love… The spirit of God reveals truths to us and provides direction for us; this is why Joel goes on to say that your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions… God (through His spirit) will begin to reveal things in your life… If you don’t have a vision, then you don’t have a clear direction which means you don’t have a clear directive and therefore you cannot decipher your way through the snares of life and instead often times find yourself entangled by simple matters of this world which should not be able to confine or restrict you in the first place… Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit we are nothing… Without the power of Christ resting upon us and working through us we are lame ducks simply waiting to be plucked off by the enemy… Today, understand the importance of having Christ and the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life… There are so many people in so many different places of darkness right now and they continue down this spiral simply because they have yet to turn their situation over to the Lord… There was a point in time when this world did not know the spirit of God… The spirit of God is a spirit of love, direction, comfort and praise…
The children of Israel wondered in the desert for 40 years, they were imprisoned under the hands of the Babylonians and suffered daily as captives because of the misguidance of the world… These hills and valley’s that the Israelites experienced were do to the strain relationship between them and the Lord… Without the spirit of God we are lost, without the spirit of God we give into the sinful nature and suffer grave consequences… Today, we are afforded a tremendous chance to have a compass and comforter in the form of God’s spirit… Joel tells the body of believers several hundreds of years ago that a time would come when your path would be paved, he informs the faithful children that a time is on the horizon when your sons and daughters will prophesy and it is in these very times that we live in that Joel’s prophesy has become true… God has poured out is His spirit upon mankind, we have the ability to go to the father through prayer and supplication and make our request known to Him… Jesus said, “I will not leave you comfortless…” You have a navigation tool to get through the rigors of life… You have a comforter when it seems like all is lost and you want to breakdown and you have a tool that can provide strength and endurance when you feel like throwing in the towel… God has given us the ability to prophesy through His spirit and see visions as to what is to come… Peter once denied Jesus before men and left a courtyard weeping; however, in the book of Acts (after he was reinstated) as we studied early this week, he received the spirit of God along with his fellow brethren and stood up for the Lord… While under the influence of God’s spirit, Peter spoke and 3,000 were saved, under God’s spirit lives were changed and hearts were mended… Under the spirit of God, children can be brought home and the enemy can be defeated… When you are walking in the spirit of God, you have a direct communication with the Lord that unlocks visions and dreams that cannot be comprehended by mere men…
ALL FOR HIS GLORY!
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