This morning, I want you to know that your greatest obstacle in fulfilling God's purposes in your life is the skills you have acquired to perform well in you. One of the great paradoxes in Scripture relates to our need to depend on the Lord; yet at the same time, we're instructed to use the talents and abilities God gives us to accomplish the work He gives us to do. It has been one of the most difficult principles to live out.
So the question becomes family: How do we know that what we achieve is by the power of the Holy Spirit in our life versus our own abilities, and is there a difference? Let me say this: When we reach a level of excellence and performance in our fields, it actually becomes an obstacle to seeing God's power manifest in what we do.
What we naturally do well becomes the object of our trust. When this happens, God retreats. You see family, God allows us to develop skills, but these must be Continually Yielded to God's Spirit. There will be times when God will use your skills to accomplish His purposes. There will be other times that God will not use any of our skills just to ensure that we know it is by His Grace and Power that we can do anything.
Learning not to act until God tells you to act (through the Holy Spirit) is a sign of maturity in God. In other words family, do not lean on the natural skill which you have been given. Let God manifest Himself in what you are doing. From my own experience I know what I am about to say is hard, but you must restrain from doing those things you know you are prone to do and actually go against them.
Ask God to teach you what it means to walk according to the power of the Holy Spirit in your life. And He will develop in you a listening ear to the small voice inside that wants to direct your efforts by His Spirit. Amen, Amen and Amen. God bless You All. Have a Great Sunday in the Lord.
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