GET EMPOWERED FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT 2
If with faith,all things are possible then all you & I need is faith( unwavering confidence in God 24-7) to see our dreams become reality. In part 1, I shared how you can sweatlessly & consistently be in faith.its by The Spirit of faith.( please read part 1 of this article if you haven't for more clarification)
So what is the Spirit of Faith?
Let’s look at it in similarity with faith. Faith comes by hearing the word of God, The Spirit of faith comes by seeing the word of God, when the word becomes to you a revelation; you have an understanding(a knowing) of what it means.
Faith is I believe though I don’t understand, the Spirit of faith says “this is it, I understand it, it is for me, and therefore I am taking corresponding actions. I know, I have an understanding of what it can do for me, so I am plunging in”. No wonder those who “know” are always doing exploits (Daniel 11:32). Know here connotes acquaintance, recognition, to comprehesunderstand fully, (yada in Hebrew) is the same word used for intercourse between Adam and Eve. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
In the Spirit of faith – you are not working it, it’s working you. For it is God which worked in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure -Philippians 2:13,
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen -Hebrews 13:21
The Spirit of faith makes you see yourself in the word of God (who you really are) it quickens the word of God to you, making it come alive. It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. -( John 6:63).
The Spirit of Faith brings you into partnership with God (the God of all possibility), it’s the "no- impossibility" Spirit – making you do what you will normally not do ( or in the flesh)
The Spirit of Faith empowers your heart to be fast in receiving the word of God, in Luke 24:25, The Lord Jesus addressed strongly the slow heartedness of the people in believing the word, we need a fast- heart to believe and remain believing, why we stop believing is because we are mechanically working our faith. When the Spirit of faith is at work, you perpetually believe God, you are 24-7 in faith, unshaken, unmovable. Caleb was still strong and standing in faith after forty-five years of receiving the promise.
"And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD Spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in"-. Joshua 14:10-11.
What? That can’t be in the flesh. How about Abraham so strong in faith (Romans 4:20) giving glory to God instead of giving up! I believe they were under an intoxication.
So what is the Spirit of faith? When you talk about spirit- you are describing intoxication or being under an influence, have you ever being drunk or encounter a drunken person? He or she is oblivious of his or her environment.
According to the Merriam- Webster dictionary, Spirit is defined as a force within a person that is believed to give the body life, energy and power, or the alcoholic beverage such as brandy, whisky, especially distilled liquor, a prevailing element. What are the characteristics of a drunk person?
• They become bolder and louder- their inhibitions lowered.
• Not taking cognizance of their environment.
• They only believe that which they know and stick to it, they refuse to see otherwise.
• They act abnormally, do think they normally wouldn’t, they talk differently, they see differently.
• They become more daring
• Not motivated to do what other are doing, they are alone, as if in another world
• He or she appears as it were intoxicated, to the other side world- the individual seems unable to think or behave normally or rationally.
• He may be excited, pleased or happy in a way that suggests the effect of an external pump-up.
Much more than that is what happens when an individual is under the influence or control of the Holy Spirit.
Remember when the Holy Ghost came on the day of Pentecost. The disciples were termed drunk (Act 2:12-13) its beyond human comprehension, he is under an intoxication.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit-John 3:8.
Now talking about the Spirit of faith: The Spirit of faith is provoked by the spirit of revelation. you are not just reading the word, the Spirit is opening to you the wonderful things God has prepared for you in His word and how to lay hold of it( 1 Cori 2:9-10 ),you can see yourself through the eyes of God, no wonder the psalmist prayed ,
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law-Psalm 119:18.
When the book is opened, you can no longer be in doubt. Years ago, I had an encounter with God’s word that liberated me from poverty, prior to that time I had heard my father- in- the-Lord and also my husband say “I can never be poor” for me I cannot confess it because it has not become a revelation for me and obviously, I couldn’t believe it but when the Spirit of revelation broke loose upon me, I screamed “ I can never ,never be poor” –
- Don’t try to force faith, receive the Spirit of faith, ask for the Spirit of faith,
The Spirit of faith gets you stuck on the word of God that you do not see anything else except its fulfilment.
Few years back, the Holy Ghost ask me this question, I was in the kitchen, making dinner, he said, Ibukun, do you know you can be rich?” I was taken aback; I had ever thought about that, well, may be just to have enough to settle our bills. So I replied, “Lord, really? Is it possible for me to be rich?” at that moment, the Holy Spirit brought to my remembrance the scripture.
“For you know the grace of our lord Jesus Christ,
That though he was rich, yet for your sake he
Become poor, that you through his poverty might
Become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9)
That’s true, Holy Spirit” I replied, “but now?”
Few days later it happened in the kitchen again (I wonders why he choose to often meet me in the kitchen? Maybe that’s my own secret place, I mean when you are the only female in the home and it’s your sole responsibility to create sumptuous meals, it becomes a secret place). The Holy Spirit asked me, “Do you now know how you can be rich?” “Not really”, I replied. Then he whispered to me “the blessing of God is what makes rich”.
Wow! My heart was joyful; he reminds me of (proverbs 10:22). “But how do I get the blessing that makes a man rich?” I asked the Holy Spirit.
It broke upon me like a torrent, he remained me of Deuteronomy 28:1-2, “that is the secret” he said.
The Holy Ghost explained, “God’s divine plan of riches answer to obedience to God’s instructions, paying attention to the details, doing what He ask you to do, in the doing his blessings and it’s the blessing you need to be rich”.
The dreams and vision which you have on your inside cannot come into existence except you believe it’s possible.
God has given you a picture, but it does not become a reality except you believe it’s achievable. A great man of blessed memory said “the richest place in the world are the cemetary” many dreams, songs, books, world changing ideas meant for humanity are buried there, of course in the heart of those God give the dream. Let me ask you “the dream God has given you, doesn’t seem so big or unachievable by you?” if yes, good news! Most often, our dream is usually larger than where we are now, why? God does not expect you to do it alone. He wants to do it through you; He will use His power to work those great ideas through you. All He is asking is “only believe”. Be foolish enough to believe (don’t be wise in your own eyes) just be foolish enough to follow each step, God ask you to take.When God gives you an idea or dream instead of shrinking away in fear or abandoning it, ask God for the Spirit of faith to believe, to see the dream through God’s eyes, to see the dream become a reality, to do all it takes without waving to see it manifest.
All the dream and ideas God gave my husband and I have always been bigger than us; with no financial resources in view to make it so, but we dared to follow God a day and one step at a time and believe me, we have always recorded success.
Maybe, when an idea or a dream is planted in your inside, you shrink, you are scared, it seems impossible but actually nothing is impossible, impossibility only exist in the mind, instead of saying “no” to that vision or dream or you throw it into the “impossibility bin” of your heart, says instead “Lord, I receive the spirit of faith over this idea”. When the doctor's report and the professional's seem to contradict the word of God say “Lord I receive the Spirit of faith to believe your word and keep believing till your word comes to pass”. I receive the Spirit of faith not to give up. If there is a situation or condition in which fear, doubt or impossibility has taken over my heart, pray, ask “Lord baptize me with theSpirit of faith over this matter” how long will you confess this? Until faith has taken over your heart, until you believe strongly in the possibility of that issue or concern being positive. Each time you seem weary or doubting, cry out “Holy Spirit, fill me with the Spirit of Faith (baptize, envelope, saturate me over this matter.) And guess what? The Spirit of God will begin revealing the word of God to you over that issue in such a way that you know, that you know that it will succeed and when that happens like Abraham, Caleb, Daniel, David you are so strong in faith , and when you are,you cannot be strong and not take corresponding actions and when you take faith-filled actions,exploits becomes the order of the day. Faith makes you run, the Spirit of faith makes you soar on the wings of greatness. Don’t force faith; ask for the Spirit of faith.
God bless you
– Pastor Ibukun Williams
If with faith,all things are possible then all you & I need is faith( unwavering confidence in God 24-7) to see our dreams become reality. In part 1, I shared how you can sweatlessly & consistently be in faith.its by The Spirit of faith.( please read part 1 of this article if you haven't for more clarification)
So what is the Spirit of Faith?
Let’s look at it in similarity with faith. Faith comes by hearing the word of God, The Spirit of faith comes by seeing the word of God, when the word becomes to you a revelation; you have an understanding(a knowing) of what it means.
Faith is I believe though I don’t understand, the Spirit of faith says “this is it, I understand it, it is for me, and therefore I am taking corresponding actions. I know, I have an understanding of what it can do for me, so I am plunging in”. No wonder those who “know” are always doing exploits (Daniel 11:32). Know here connotes acquaintance, recognition, to comprehesunderstand fully, (yada in Hebrew) is the same word used for intercourse between Adam and Eve. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
In the Spirit of faith – you are not working it, it’s working you. For it is God which worked in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure -Philippians 2:13,
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen -Hebrews 13:21
The Spirit of faith makes you see yourself in the word of God (who you really are) it quickens the word of God to you, making it come alive. It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. -( John 6:63).
The Spirit of Faith brings you into partnership with God (the God of all possibility), it’s the "no- impossibility" Spirit – making you do what you will normally not do ( or in the flesh)
The Spirit of Faith empowers your heart to be fast in receiving the word of God, in Luke 24:25, The Lord Jesus addressed strongly the slow heartedness of the people in believing the word, we need a fast- heart to believe and remain believing, why we stop believing is because we are mechanically working our faith. When the Spirit of faith is at work, you perpetually believe God, you are 24-7 in faith, unshaken, unmovable. Caleb was still strong and standing in faith after forty-five years of receiving the promise.
"And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD Spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in"-. Joshua 14:10-11.
What? That can’t be in the flesh. How about Abraham so strong in faith (Romans 4:20) giving glory to God instead of giving up! I believe they were under an intoxication.
So what is the Spirit of faith? When you talk about spirit- you are describing intoxication or being under an influence, have you ever being drunk or encounter a drunken person? He or she is oblivious of his or her environment.
According to the Merriam- Webster dictionary, Spirit is defined as a force within a person that is believed to give the body life, energy and power, or the alcoholic beverage such as brandy, whisky, especially distilled liquor, a prevailing element. What are the characteristics of a drunk person?
• They become bolder and louder- their inhibitions lowered.
• Not taking cognizance of their environment.
• They only believe that which they know and stick to it, they refuse to see otherwise.
• They act abnormally, do think they normally wouldn’t, they talk differently, they see differently.
• They become more daring
• Not motivated to do what other are doing, they are alone, as if in another world
• He or she appears as it were intoxicated, to the other side world- the individual seems unable to think or behave normally or rationally.
• He may be excited, pleased or happy in a way that suggests the effect of an external pump-up.
Much more than that is what happens when an individual is under the influence or control of the Holy Spirit.
Remember when the Holy Ghost came on the day of Pentecost. The disciples were termed drunk (Act 2:12-13) its beyond human comprehension, he is under an intoxication.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit-John 3:8.
Now talking about the Spirit of faith: The Spirit of faith is provoked by the spirit of revelation. you are not just reading the word, the Spirit is opening to you the wonderful things God has prepared for you in His word and how to lay hold of it( 1 Cori 2:9-10 ),you can see yourself through the eyes of God, no wonder the psalmist prayed ,
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law-Psalm 119:18.
When the book is opened, you can no longer be in doubt. Years ago, I had an encounter with God’s word that liberated me from poverty, prior to that time I had heard my father- in- the-Lord and also my husband say “I can never be poor” for me I cannot confess it because it has not become a revelation for me and obviously, I couldn’t believe it but when the Spirit of revelation broke loose upon me, I screamed “ I can never ,never be poor” –
- Don’t try to force faith, receive the Spirit of faith, ask for the Spirit of faith,
The Spirit of faith gets you stuck on the word of God that you do not see anything else except its fulfilment.
Few years back, the Holy Ghost ask me this question, I was in the kitchen, making dinner, he said, Ibukun, do you know you can be rich?” I was taken aback; I had ever thought about that, well, may be just to have enough to settle our bills. So I replied, “Lord, really? Is it possible for me to be rich?” at that moment, the Holy Spirit brought to my remembrance the scripture.
“For you know the grace of our lord Jesus Christ,
That though he was rich, yet for your sake he
Become poor, that you through his poverty might
Become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9)
That’s true, Holy Spirit” I replied, “but now?”
Few days later it happened in the kitchen again (I wonders why he choose to often meet me in the kitchen? Maybe that’s my own secret place, I mean when you are the only female in the home and it’s your sole responsibility to create sumptuous meals, it becomes a secret place). The Holy Spirit asked me, “Do you now know how you can be rich?” “Not really”, I replied. Then he whispered to me “the blessing of God is what makes rich”.
Wow! My heart was joyful; he reminds me of (proverbs 10:22). “But how do I get the blessing that makes a man rich?” I asked the Holy Spirit.
It broke upon me like a torrent, he remained me of Deuteronomy 28:1-2, “that is the secret” he said.
The Holy Ghost explained, “God’s divine plan of riches answer to obedience to God’s instructions, paying attention to the details, doing what He ask you to do, in the doing his blessings and it’s the blessing you need to be rich”.
The dreams and vision which you have on your inside cannot come into existence except you believe it’s possible.
God has given you a picture, but it does not become a reality except you believe it’s achievable. A great man of blessed memory said “the richest place in the world are the cemetary” many dreams, songs, books, world changing ideas meant for humanity are buried there, of course in the heart of those God give the dream. Let me ask you “the dream God has given you, doesn’t seem so big or unachievable by you?” if yes, good news! Most often, our dream is usually larger than where we are now, why? God does not expect you to do it alone. He wants to do it through you; He will use His power to work those great ideas through you. All He is asking is “only believe”. Be foolish enough to believe (don’t be wise in your own eyes) just be foolish enough to follow each step, God ask you to take.When God gives you an idea or dream instead of shrinking away in fear or abandoning it, ask God for the Spirit of faith to believe, to see the dream through God’s eyes, to see the dream become a reality, to do all it takes without waving to see it manifest.
All the dream and ideas God gave my husband and I have always been bigger than us; with no financial resources in view to make it so, but we dared to follow God a day and one step at a time and believe me, we have always recorded success.
Maybe, when an idea or a dream is planted in your inside, you shrink, you are scared, it seems impossible but actually nothing is impossible, impossibility only exist in the mind, instead of saying “no” to that vision or dream or you throw it into the “impossibility bin” of your heart, says instead “Lord, I receive the spirit of faith over this idea”. When the doctor's report and the professional's seem to contradict the word of God say “Lord I receive the Spirit of faith to believe your word and keep believing till your word comes to pass”. I receive the Spirit of faith not to give up. If there is a situation or condition in which fear, doubt or impossibility has taken over my heart, pray, ask “Lord baptize me with theSpirit of faith over this matter” how long will you confess this? Until faith has taken over your heart, until you believe strongly in the possibility of that issue or concern being positive. Each time you seem weary or doubting, cry out “Holy Spirit, fill me with the Spirit of Faith (baptize, envelope, saturate me over this matter.) And guess what? The Spirit of God will begin revealing the word of God to you over that issue in such a way that you know, that you know that it will succeed and when that happens like Abraham, Caleb, Daniel, David you are so strong in faith , and when you are,you cannot be strong and not take corresponding actions and when you take faith-filled actions,exploits becomes the order of the day. Faith makes you run, the Spirit of faith makes you soar on the wings of greatness. Don’t force faith; ask for the Spirit of faith.
God bless you
– Pastor Ibukun Williams
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