Acts 7:51 - “You stiff- necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you."
Resisting is equivalent to opposing, when we resist the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives it means that we are opposing God and His very existence. Some of us have seen the works of the Holy Spirit in our lives, the victories that He had led us to, His guidance, and the things that we were able to achieve because of Him. And yet, our old ways of living and thoughts could captivate us and make us insensitive towards God and His calling over our lives.
It is important that we keep our focus on things that are above and not on the things below because the moment we focus on the things below than more often we see our our strength and credibility than God's power - Col. 3:2 - "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth" There could also be godly people (believers) around us who might influence our walk with God and divert our minds to focus more on our strength, wisdom and achievement, which will in turn lead us into relying on natural wisdom than the super natural, we see this even in the life if Jesus when He was challenged by Peter - Mathew 16:23 - But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
And when we are overpowered by such thoughts then we have to simply resist the devil who puts these negative thoughts in our minds, thoughts of self pity, self-righteousness, self-glory, pride etc. - James 4:7 - "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Let's be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in our daily lives than resisting Him as it will not take us anywhere and Holy Spirit will work only when we yield to Him and be sensitive to Him.
Have A Blessed Day!
God Bless
Every Day With Jesus
Resisting is equivalent to opposing, when we resist the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives it means that we are opposing God and His very existence. Some of us have seen the works of the Holy Spirit in our lives, the victories that He had led us to, His guidance, and the things that we were able to achieve because of Him. And yet, our old ways of living and thoughts could captivate us and make us insensitive towards God and His calling over our lives.
It is important that we keep our focus on things that are above and not on the things below because the moment we focus on the things below than more often we see our our strength and credibility than God's power - Col. 3:2 - "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth" There could also be godly people (believers) around us who might influence our walk with God and divert our minds to focus more on our strength, wisdom and achievement, which will in turn lead us into relying on natural wisdom than the super natural, we see this even in the life if Jesus when He was challenged by Peter - Mathew 16:23 - But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
And when we are overpowered by such thoughts then we have to simply resist the devil who puts these negative thoughts in our minds, thoughts of self pity, self-righteousness, self-glory, pride etc. - James 4:7 - "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Let's be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in our daily lives than resisting Him as it will not take us anywhere and Holy Spirit will work only when we yield to Him and be sensitive to Him.
Have A Blessed Day!
God Bless
Every Day With Jesus
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