Perception of the Spirit
The wisdom or the man`s voice can teach.
the voice of the Soul can say things totally different from that of the Spirit.
1 Cor 2:13: say 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Somethings God can give us a direction or say something which doesn`t sound logical
You have your mind and your Spirit saying something different
On the one hand we have man`s wisdom and on the other that of the Holy Spirit.
These two are in constant contradicting.
Believers, in situation like that you have to remind yourself that you have received, not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us.
We have received God`s knowing Spirit
We can boldly say we have access to the knowledge of God
God`s ways have become our ways
God`s though has become our thoughts
For we have the Spirit of God who knows the ways of God.
We have both the influence of the Spirit and that of the mind
We have two kinds of knowledge, that of the Spirit and that of the mind.
We must learn to trust the influence of the Spirt
the knowledge of the Spirit when we encounter such contradictions
Acts 14: 8-9: 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
We observe in this verse that perception of the Spirit has been used. That’s how Paul knew the man had faith. The Word perceived (Greek: eido) means to know.We see that Perception of the Spirit are things that happened, and it is available for direction. For Paul was directed to heal that person because of perception.Perception of the Spirit is one of the easier ways to obtained direction from God and because we have the Spirit, we have access to God’s perception.
We have been giving direct inside to the happenings of the world. So, we stand and watch
Three things in which we are sure perception cannot be like that:
1. It can never be fearful: For God doesn’t lead with fear. The perception of the Spirit does not make you to be afraid. It can make you unconformable but never make you afraid, 2 Tim 1:7. The Spirit of God is alien to fear. The Spirit of fear does not recognize with the way God works, in his leading. In situation where you find yourself in fear, is the work of the devil. In 1 John 4:16-18 we see that God is Love and there is no fear in Love.
2. By doubt: James 1:6-8. God doesn’t lead with doubt, for doubt is an absent of Faith. Perception of the Spirit is on that is fill with Faith and not with doubt
3. By worry: Ph 4:6: Be careful for nothing means, do not worry about anything. God does not lead by worry. Math 6:31. Take no thoughts means worry not. When there is too much worry, it means that God is not going to lead in the midst of worry. His Spirit is not going to guide you in the midst of worry. For at that point of time there is too much noise for you to hear the Spirit of God clearly.
The noise is the noise of worry, doubt and fear. In all that perception of the Spirit becomes more difficult.
Being Bold in the work of Christ I our Calling.
It the bold of God that makes us to be doers of his word.
