The Seven Spirits of God The first Spirit of God is divine love, and there is no other love that can compare to it. That love is stronger than all the powers of the devil. It contains all the light of Heaven, all the divine promises and the whole heart of God. That love carried divine blood to Calvary and then shed it to redeem all mankind, and it’s the only love that could have done that. The divine blood is so powerful that just one drop can cleanse all sin from the heart of every person on Earth if people will just yield to the Lord. When people will confess their sins and recognize the divine blood, their sins will vanish forever and never be remembered against them again. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea (Micah 7:19). People must accept the divine blood so they can have the Lord’s divine nature. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust (II Peter 1:4). Divine Joy The second Spirit of God is divine joy, and you can’t have the anointings of God or His strength without that joy. For the joy of the LORD is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10). I live in the strength of Heaven’s joy because I have taken God’s great anointings. I don’t rely on people for my joy; so if I get any from them, it’s just a bonus. The Lord tells you to rejoice in Him no matter what’s going on around you. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you (Matthew 5:11,12). The Lord has an anointing of joy and gladness for each one of His children when the valleys are deep and the mountains are high, and I carry those anointings all the time. Jesus came to destroy depression and give you strength if you’ll just believe. The Lord wants to give you revelations on His divine power and strength; but if you don’t seek Him with your whole heart, you’ll come up lacking. Strength for the Journey In I Kings 19:4–8, the Bible tells the story of Elijah going forty days and nights in the strength of just two meals. He could only do that because those meals were cooked by an angel, and the ingredients came straight from Heaven. The divine anointings are given the same way—they have all the ingredients we need to give us the strength and love we must have. Some of you get depressed when you think people don’t like you, but I don’t let that bother me. I just wrap up in God’s blanket of love, and it makes me feel so cozy. The Lord warned us to beware of any man whom everybody speaks well of. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets (Luke 6:26). The disciples in the Early Church didn’t worry about what others said; they just asked the Lord to give them more of His grace and power. And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness (Acts 4:29–31). The apostles had this anointing in the beginning of the Church, and they rejoiced because they could take Jesus’ place and be persecuted for His name’s sake. When they [the authorities] had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name (Acts 5:40,41). Divine Peace Divine peace is the third Spirit of God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). The Lord gives me peace even when the storms of life are raging, but some of you are always afraid that you’re going to be defeated. You walk the floor wondering what you’re going to do because you’re not anointed. One time, Jesus and the disciples were on board a ship in the middle of a horrible storm; and the disciples were scared to death. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish (Mark 4:37,38)? Of course, Jesus cared. He loves His children with an unending love, but the disciples were not anointed at that time to believe in His love. You must have the anointing before you can believe God for everything you need. The Bible says that you’ll always come up lacking when you doubt. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord (James 1:6,7). I make no room for doubt. If God said it, I believe it; and that settles it. I seal all doors against the devil; and as long as you live in the truth, he can’t do anything to cloud your paths. Divine Longsuffering The fourth Spirit of God is longsuffering or patience. Some of us ask for patience, but we want it our own way and in our own time. You’re in no shape to receive patience with that attitude; and, of course, you don’t get it. Mama used to tell me that when she prayed for patience, she could expect a big load of tribulations to come her way; but the Bible said it would be that way. But we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience (Romans 5:3). Some of you won’t pray for patience because you’re afraid of the tribulations; but if you’ll trust God to be with you, you’ll be fine. You’ll come through every trial with more patience and more of the seven Spirits of God. The Bible says, In your patience possess ye your souls (Luke 21:19). Not only do you possess your soul in patience, but you can have all the promises of God. Every promise has a condition, and you must meet each condition with patience. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:31). You may think that you’ve been waiting on the Lord for something for a long time, but have you been waiting patiently in His waiting room? If you’re in your own impatient waiting room, you’re thinking, doing and believing the wrong things. You’re not in the right place when you’re always asking yourself, “Why doesn’t God move?” You have to move into the right waiting room where you’ll find the Holy Spirit and hear Him say, “You’re in the right place. Stay here with divine patience, and you’ll mount up with wings like the eagle.”
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:00:50 +0000
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