TOPIC : SET SAIL AND BE FREE

Today’s Scripture: And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the [Holy] Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba (Father)! Father! – Galatians 4:6 (NIV)

MMESSAGE

I once read that we believers are like ships
that God wants to turn out to sea to sail
wherever the wind and waves carry us. That
sea represents the freedom we have in God,
and the wind is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

But as new believers, we are tied to the dock because that is the only place we can
avoid becoming shipwrecked until we learn
how to follow Him.

When we learn to follow those inner promptings of the Holy Spirit, we can be untied from the dock and sail the seas of life under His leadership without the fear of becoming lost.

God’s leading doesn’t contradict the laws that He ordained. When we are new believers, we learn to follow God’s laws that
He defined in the Word. And as we mature,
we develop the ability to be led by the Spirit of the living God.

When the Spirit of God is in you, the law of God is written in your heart. You no longer have to memorize the law, because you can follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit, Who will lead you in the right direction.

Some people feel much safer following
the law than being led by the Spirit. They
think they are okay as long as they follow
a prescribed plan that everyone else is
following.

But following the Spirit may lead people to do something a little differently from what everyone else is doing. They will need faith to leave the security of the crowd because God doesn’t lead everybody to serve Him in exactly the same place or at the same capacity.

We cannot follow the leadership of the Holy
Spirit by simply obeying laws, rules, and
regulations. God’s law is our tutor, but it is
not to be our master. To live at ease and be
full of joy, we must learn to prayerfully follow the Holy Spirit.

God wants you to set sail and be free from captivity. To do so, you must trust the leadership of the Holy Spirit when He speaks to your heart and leads you in the
right direction.

Prayer Starter: Holy Spirit, I want to be free
from captivity and free to set sail. Lead me
and guide my in the right direction, so that
Imay grow up in You, amen.

Thanks for reading Joyce Meyer 21 June 2022 Devotional