Spiritual ProsperitySpeaker: Dr. D.G.S. Dhinakaran Gist: The problems of this world try to block your vision from high things. But when you yearn for the Holy Spirit, along with the Spirit comes the nine wonderful gifts that will fill your life with blessings and make your life a fruitful one. "You were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 1:5,7)
The Almighty God blesses your life, releases you from your bodily ailments and blesses your spiritual life as well. Even without your knowledge, He showers the 'latter rain' of the Holy Spirit. He fills you with the gifts of the Spirit and the gifts of His grace. He delights you.
When the Second World War was raging, an English Pastor was arrested because he refused to go to the war front. He was thrown into the prison. He had no work to do and all his time was at his disposal. So he began to study the Bible intently. The Lord revealed to him, profound truths about the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. He also filled him with the gifts. When the war ended, he came out of the prison totally transformed, having received the power of the Holy Spirit with the accompanying nine gifts. He wrote a book about the Holy Spirit, which has none other to equal it all over the world. It has revived the spiritual lives of countless men and women.
Dear friend, you may not have much learning. You may lack worldly experience. But the Lord wishes to fill you with His Spirit and grant you a new experience. He wants to bless you and make you a channel of His blessings to others. You will become indispensable to the world. You will know divine truths when you know Jesus, because He has said, "I am the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:6). You will have the power to declare His love to others and lead them on towards Heaven.
The Bible says, "Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit" (Isaiah 27:6).
I know a sister who lived a godly life. When she was stricken with a severe disease when she had not known Christ, Jesus appeared before her and healed her. He also gave her the healing power. The world despised her. She had to leave her house, give up her status in society and live in a small hut like an orphan. But God led many to her who came to her to receive many benefits through her prayers. The Lord Jesus performed many miracles through her; diseases were healed; devils screamed and fled. The Lord shook the entire neighbourhood through her prayerful life. People from all around who had been blessed through her prayers volunteered to help her. The Lord gave her double measure of whatever she had lost, both wealth and people, and honoured her.
You would not remain forever as you are. The Holy Spirit in you would not let you remain like that. Even as you come forward to receive more of His Spirit and minister to people around you, He will bring more souls to you. He will bless you, and through you bless others as well. Do not give up! Ask for His power and for the infilling of His Holy Spirit; let nothing less than that satisfy you!
Prayer:
Loving Heavenly Father,
I grow weak when some problem hits me. The worries about various worldly problems torment me everyday; anxiety and fear try to overcome me. Father, save me from all these worldly problems which draw me away from Your presence. My soul thirsts for Your Holy Spirit. Fill me now. Grant me all the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. Fill me with Your power. Bless me to become a blessing to others. I surrender myself at Your feet and make this prayer in Jesus' magnificent name.
Amen. |