Good Morning, I pray that you will be blessed in Christ and experience victory today and every day. If you are in Christ then you are not ordinary because you have been born from above. You are His child and that means you are more than an overcomer through Jesus!

When out and about sometimes I am approached by someone wanting money, and since I typically do not carry cash on me, it is simple for me to say “I’m sorry, but I do not have any cash to give you.”

You cannot give to another what you do not possess. Even if you had something but was unaware that you had it, you still couldn’t offer it to someone needing it. You have to know what you have in order to be able to give to others who may need what it is you have. There’s a story in Scripture that reveals this to us. Peter and John were going up to the temple to pray. Daily a lame man was put there at the gate Beautiful. He was there to beg. On this day Peter with no spiritual limitations looked at the man and said, look on us. Then he said something profound to that man.

Acts 3:6 “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

This is not a formula for making the lame walk anytime you see person who is lame. This reveals something far more important than a formula to be copied. Had Peter not known by faith what he possessed in the Spirit he would not have had anything to offer the lame man. In the natural, Peter didn’t have a solution. But in the Holy Spirit Peter had something he could offer that man that was worth far more than silver or gold. Had Peter lacked faith producing Holy Spirit revelation about what he had, that man would have spent the rest of his life lame and begging. Faith removed limitation! Thankfully, Peter knew by the Spirit what he had to give.

If Peter were alive today and trained according to some of the popular ideas in Christianity, he would not say or do anything like what we read in Acts. Peter might still say, “silver and gold have I none.” But instead of saying, “what I do have I give to you” and taking the man’s hand to have him stand to his feet healed, Peter would wear himself and others out implementing natural solutions. After all, you know what the world says, “knowledge is power and whoever finds it has all they could ever need in this life.”

Many in churches today have been lulled to sleep by well meaning but powerless speakers. As a result, many have often times been cheated out of a walk in the Spirit as these ministers seem more concerned with whether or not people could pass a Bible quiz and live somewhat morally. But it is only Holy Spirit revelation that produces faith and empowers you to live from the source of Life that Christ is and by the power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus baptizes with. Leaders who tend to instruct according to the natural more than the spiritual can't empower you to manifest the you Christ says you are.

1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The things of the Spirit is much more than morality. If the things of the Spirit are limited to morality in general then there’s no point to this Scripture at all. The fact is, confidence in your natural understanding can hinder you where the kingdom of God and who you are in Christ is concerned. Overemphasis on your natural abilities or the lack thereof is a hindrance. Everything to do with Christ and His kingdom is received by faith in the word of God spoken to you by the Holy Spirit. That’s why you need the Holy Spirit always! Jesus said something of tremendous importance in,

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.”……….

Jesus is always looking to speak life into us. His desire is to wash us with the water of His word which establishes us, gives us confidence and activates our faith. He wants us to know and experience the fullness of God. He is always out for our good. We just need to believe it.

Always remember that you are loved with an everlasting love by a faithful God who cannot lie and you have everything you need in Christ. Go and enjoy the adventure that is yours when you live submitted to the Holy Spirit each day!