The Spirit Makes The Difference - Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god (Daniel 1:2).
In the days of king Nebuchadnezzar, he wanted certain young men trained, and he got them from different nations. Among them were four Hebrew boys: Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. On the day they were brought to be examined by the king, they were found to be ten times better than their peers. Why? God had blessed them with supernatural intelligence; they had excellent spirits.
A similar example is David. The power of God came on him when Samuel the prophet annointed him to become king of Israel, and he turned out to be a marvel in his day. He killed and decapitated Goliath as a stripling. Saul was the king of Israel at that time, and he was a great man of war, but when he faced Goliath he was terrified. The difference was that the Spirit of God has departed from Saul, and the Spirit had come upon David. Saul has become an ordinary man, whilst David had the Spirit.
1 Samuel 18:7 says, *"And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and _David his ten thousands_."*_ What were they seeing in the Spirit? "Ten times more!" They could have said "twelve" or "six"; but they said, *"...Saul hath slain his thousands, and _David his ten thousands."_* There's something about the Spirit that causes you to do the extraordinary and the unimaginable!
Now that you're born again, that Spirit is in you, not just on you. Acts 1:8 says, *"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you..."* The Holy Spirit has brought the glory of God into your life, giving you guidance and direction. You can walk through "walls", blaze through barriers, and through the darkness. He's filled you with the supernatural ability to do things that can't be humanly explained.
Take advantage of the person, power, and ministry of the Holy Spirit in your life! He's your advantage; He causes you to see, think, say and do things ordinary men can't do.
Confession
By the power of the Holy Ghost, there's a profuse demonstration of the supernatural in my ministry, job, business finance, health, family, and everything that concerns me. My path is that of the just which shines brighter and brighter into the perfect day. Glory to God!
Further Study
|| 1 Samuel 10:6 NIV
The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. ||
|| Judges 14:5 - 6
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. ||
|| 1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.