“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63

Many times we read or hear the words of Jesus but cannot understand them. This can be attributed to our lack of spiritual maturity or biblical knowledge.

This also happens because we are not walking in oneness with Jesus and connected to Him through the Holy Spirit.

At times, the words of Jesus can be mysterious and difficult. Jesus is not asking a believer to attempt to connect the words into an accurate interpretation. The revelation will come in the perfect timing of God.

The words may be prophetic about the future. Jesus gives believers signs about their journey with Him but they are not intended for taking immediate action. 

It is impossible to interpret the words of Jesus with the human mind. The believer must be filled with the Holy Spirit and yielding to His authority. 

The sin of a believer will block the words of Jesus and grieve the Holy Spirit. We have to be clean with the blood of Jesus and open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

The words of Jesus are Spirit and can only be grasped by the Spirit sealed in a believer. 

This why the Bible instructs believers to abide in the teachings of the Holy Spirit comparing spiritual life with spiritual truth.

God has given every believer the mind of Christ. He will help you navigate through life with the omniscient wisdom of Jesus.

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11

We hear Jesus through His words in the Bible and when He speaks to us through the Holy Spirit. The words of Jesus are alive and powerful. They are like a sharp sword piercing the depth of a believer and discerning his thoughts and actions.

The words of Jesus have a purpose and will never return void. They are to teach, convict and transform a believer.

The most important task for a Christ follower is to build His life on the precious words of Jesus. They will bring the goodness and protection of Jesus.

Praying to Jesus is about seeking His will for your life. Read the Word and listen for the voice of Jesus.

Jesus has given every believer the mind of Christ and desires to have a constant dialogue with His people. If you don’t listen and obey Jesus there will be trouble and adversity.

It is impossible to follow Jesus unless you are submitting to the authority of the Holy Spirit. Jesus knows you better than you know yourself. The words of Jesus are like treasures from Heaven.

We need the omniscient wisdom of Jesus for protection and guidance. This comes from the Holy Spirit.

Commit your works each day to Jesus and invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your thoughts and actions. This will be like rain coming down from Heaven in the counsel of Jesus. 

Jesus desires for a believer to have the order and simplicity created by words of the Holy Spirit.

The mission of a Christ follower is to cherish and seek the precious words of Jesus!

“It is not by might nor by power but by My Spirit! “ Zechariah 4:6

Faith has to be real and lived out in a believer. Without faith you cannot please God.

The Christ follower reaches out to Jesus for his every need. He prays for the protection of the Most High. Then he rests in God with unwavering confidence.

The Bible teaches us to cease from striving and enter the rest of Jesus.

We wait patiently on Jesus with praise and confidence in His promises. We do not complain or attempt to solve our troubles through the ways of the world. This is a slap in the face to Jesus and a sign of fear controlling our actions.

Faith is believing in the promises of Jesus and not what you see with your eyes. God calls things that do not exist as if they did. This is how He will deliver you from your troubles

Faith is believing Jesus will give you exceedingly and abundantly more than you ask or think.  

Jesus is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him!

“Not my will but Yours be done.” Luke 22:42

This begins with the call of Jesus by His Father our almighty God.

The call of Jesus was a disaster and utter failure in the terms of the world. But it was an excellent triumph for God. This is because God’s purpose never aligns with man’s purpose.

The call of God is never about ministry or works. It is a voice calling a man into a personal relationship with Jesus. The goal is to walk in oneness with Jesus by faith and learn how to apply His truths in your life. 

God is the only one who knows the future for a believer and this is never disclosed until God’s perfect timing. 

As a believer your life is in the hands of God. Jesus creates your lifestyle and all the challenges of life. There are no coincidences for a believer.

We live in oneness with Jesus anchored to the Holy Spirit. The focus is on finding His will for your life one day at a time. We do not look to the future but dwell in the present time. 

The Christ follower prays for the order and simplicity of Jesus. He knows God controls his destiny and seeks out Jesus through prayer, reading the Bible and listening for His voice.

The call of God is an instruction to die to self and live for Jesus. The Cross is our journey through life. We become baptized into the death of Jesus and live in the resurrected power of the Cross.

We become transformed into the character and values of Jesus and learn to sever ties to the world. 

The mystery of Jesus is living His life on His terms. 

For in Him, we live and move and have our being!

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.” Colossians 1:15-16

This is a powerful statement about Jesus. He is the mirror image of God and the first born over all creation. God created all things through Jesus including what you can see and spiritual mysteries invisible to the human eye.

The angels were created by Jesus and all the powers of darkness. 

On a more personal perspective, every human being was created by God in His image. This means you!

How do we live in the presence of this powerful and all consuming God?

Jesus is very approachable to a human being. He is a God of unconditional love without any biases. He desires to have a personal and endearing relationship with a believer. Jesus wants to speak to you and be present in all the moments of life.

The first step is to make a decision to live for Jesus above all else and vigilantly seek His will for your life.

Jesus is holy and without sin. It is impossible to live in His presence in your natural condition at birth. The essence of a human is contaminated and not acceptable to Jesus.

Last night Jesus kept showing me the malfeasance in the world which is wrongdoing. The darkness is everywhere.

To live with Jesus the believer has to confess his sins, seek repentance and be covered with the blood of Jesus. He has to have an open heart to correction by the Spirit of God.

The secret to living in the presence of Jesus is the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Jesus and sealed in every believer.

It is crucial for a believer to live under the authority of the Holy Spirit. Pray each morning inviting the Holy Spirit to have authority over all your thoughts and decisions. You will be amazed to hear Jesus speak repeatedly to you and guide your footsteps with His omniscient wisdom. 

Jesus is a powerful God and wants the very best for a believer!

“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.” Psalm 55:22

The Holy Spirit spoke the word misgiving to me today which is defined as feelings of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something.

We all tend to worry about problems and how they will create adversity in our lives. This is a sign of weak faith and lack of belief in Jesus to deliver a believer.

The problems are real but the outcome is projection. As a Christ follower we are trained to trust in Jesus and not react to what we see with our eyes.

There is a very powerful promise from Jesus which will work for anyone dealing with feelings of misgiving. 

The biblical solution to feelings of misgivings is to cast them on the shoulders of Jesus. This is releasing them to Jesus and receiving His sustaining power, comfort and peace. Jesus promises He will not allow a believer to be shaken away from the gift of salvation. 

The believer must let go of the feelings and allow them to remain with Jesus. They now belong to Him.

This will turn your day from gloom and worry to joy in the power of Jesus!

Jesus has your back!

“For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13

We all encounter a season when we feel totally defeated and abandoned by Jesus. Why does this happen to a believer trusting in the powerful promises of Jesus?

This is the life pattern of a Christ follower. There are ups and downs and God can seem cruel and harsh at times. 

We don’t know why Jesus allows utter defeat to shatter a believer. Jesus does not think or act like a human being so it is impossible to understand His logic and actions.

What we do know is Jesus transforms a believer into His values and character. And, this can be painful and gut wrenching.

We also know that a believer who has made a decision to live for Jesus is under the effects of the Cross. Jesus is creating a new creature in Christ and causing him to die to self and live for Jesus.

The believer must learn to live by faith trusting in the promises of Jesus. Judge Jesus by His Word and not by what you see with your eyes.

Jesus engineers troubles and adversity to strengthen the faith of a believer. The Bible is filled with stories of God’s people suffering personal defeat. Why should a believer think he should be immune from defeat? 

The response to suffering defeat and agony is to concentrate on Jesus through prayer, reading the Bible and listening for His voice.

Release feelings of anger, depression and lack of faith to Jesus and pray for inner healing.

Pray for the omniscient wisdom of Jesus and seek His protection. 

The safety net for a believer is Jesus keeps His promises and will deliver and restore His people!

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Luke 6:31

We like to think stardom but Jesus says ministry is about the boring details of life. 

The ministry for Jesus takes place in the lifestyle He has created for you. In other words, the ministry of a believer starts at home. 

We have to learn the principles of Jesus and how to operate in oneness with Him. We need pure motives and humility. 

God will bring the ministry to you. Relax and wait for Him. The ministry will be mostly mundane tasks and seem unimportant.

This is where you learn how to live with the character and values of Jesus. This preparation will give you a bigger and more public role in the future.

Jesus had to take a towel and a bowl of water and clean the disciples feet. The commonplace routines in life are where you will find Jesus.

Your training field is washing the car, doing lawn work, paying bills, and cleaning the garage out.

God will bring the people into your life. He might bring the dregs of society or misfits. He may bring people who are very similar to your past. The role of a believer is to be a witness for Jesus and serve the needs of others.

God takes us on a journey where we cannot see the future or the plans of Jesus.

This is all part of becoming a Christ follower with no goals or ambitions but to wake up and do the will of Jesus today.

The Holy Spirit told me last night that “Seeing is Believing” refers to what causes many unbelievers to come to Jesus.

Jesus performed many signs and wonders and drew thousands of people to Him. The followers saw miraculous healing, the dead brought back to life, and the feeding of five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish.

They came to Jesus because they wanted His power, protection and abundance. They did not come to receive the gift of salvation or to live by the essence of the teachings of Jesus.

They saw and believed that Jesus was sent by God. 

The non believer population is motivated by how God will personally help them and they need confirmation of the authenticity of God. 

Christianity is not relevant to most unbelievers. They see a religion with many laws and rules and plagued with hypocrisy and impure motives. 

Jesus is very approachable. He comes into the heart of those who accept Him by faith and have a desire to seek His will for their life. Jesus favors those who live for Him above all else.

Jesus tells a believer he must seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the other things will be added to him.

The priority is developing a personal relationship with Jesus built on faith and obedience. The blessings of God will follow to those who walk in oneness with Jesus anchored to the Holy Spirit.

We live by faith and not by what we see with our eyes. Jesus reveals His authenticity to all believers through signs and wonders. He speaks through dreams and visions and gives believers glimpses of the transfigured Christ.

Jesus gives generously to those who live for Him above all else!

“Nothing is impossible for Jesus!” Luke 1:37

The Holy Spirit told me today that many people are living in a quagmire. I looked up the definition of a quagmire and it is a soft morass of land like a swamp. It is also referred to as an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation. 

It is difficult to walk in a quagmire. There is a sinking feeling with no stability in sight.

How does this happen to a believer? There are a number of reasons. We make mistakes because we do not inquire of God. Satan attacks with a vicious plan to destroy a believer. Or, God has created the quagmire to test your faith in His promises.

The challenge to getting out of a quagmire begins with Jesus. The believer must be clean with the blood of Jesus and confessing his sins and seeking repentance. He has to release the feelings of anger, defiance and disappointment to Jesus.

The quagmire will end in God’s perfect timing which might take a while.

The quagmire might be the perfect will of God. Job Daniel, and Joseph faced some very difficult challenges and were all delivered by God.

The most important goal is to be right with God. This can be accomplished by prayer, reading the Bible and listening for His voice. The believer has to be in personal contact with Jesus and abiding in His presence.

This happens with a very simple and powerful step taken by a believer. If you are a Christ follower the Spirit of Jesus is sealed within you. The Holy Spirit is the life of Jesus. He is how you can live in the presence of Jesus. Invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over all the details of your life. He will respond with omniscient wisdom and you will hear His voice guiding your decision making and protecting your pathway. This is a very important spiritual disciple and you must learn to stay in oneness with the Holy Spirit at all times.

God is a promise keeper. He will deliver you out of the quagmire and fill you with His goodness!