Operating in the salvation of Jesus!

This narrative describes the reality of God working in the life of a believer and is based on the biblical principle “God is at work to will and to work for His good pleasure.”

We make choices many times a day whether to operate in the salvation of Jesus or from our self nature. No one can stay locked into the gift of salvation a hundred percent of the time. If you could then you would be equal to Jesus.

Let me define the gift of salvation. If you are a Christ follower the Holy Spirit is sealed within you. He is the life of Christ. You abide in the gift of salvation by submitting to the authority of the Holy Spirit. Sounds easy but it isn’t.

I tried to do this once while embarking on an evangelical ministry ordained by God. I was mostly successful at first until the severe testing of Jesus drove me in circles. God made me so mad that I threw up my hands and quit the ministry after about three years. I learned from this lesson you can never be perfect and God doesn’t even want you to try.

We operate in the gift of salvation through prayer, listening to the voice of God and meditating on the Word of God.

You can be living under the authority of the Holy Spirit and discover things can be miserable. Remember, you made a commitment “Not my will but yours be done.”

There are two factors at work for those living under the authority of the Holy Spirit.

God is at work to refine you into His character and this can be brutal and painful at times. He wants to break ungodly motives and the disposition to live for self.

Secondly, God works through believers to break the bondage of sin over humanity. This is usually through intense intercession and prayer.

God creates intercession through your Spirit. He causes you to identify with the emotions and darkness over an individual, organization, or even a nation. This is torturous at times standing in the middle of a war between light and darkness. The goal of God is to bring down the stronghold and set people free from the bondage of sin. He does this while you are just an innocent bystander.

The point is do not expect everything to be neat and perfect yielding to the Holy Spirit.

Don’t give up! God keeps His promises.