The Bible says that "as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God." (Rom.8:14) One of the questions that a person may well ask is 'how do I know that I am being led by the spirit of Christ?' How does a believer discern that it is the Holy Spirit that is at work directing his path as opposed to some other voice or motivation?
The Holy Spirit will always point a person toward Jesus and He will always lead the believer to feed from the tree of life. There were two trees in the Garden of Eden. One, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, will build up self; the other, the tree of life will build up a person in Christ. The former is sense based; the latter is revelation based. One will feed judgements based on what we know; the other will be based on what God knows. A word of knowledge for example is based on what the Spirit knows about the condition of a person. The person through whom that word comes does not possess any sense knowledge with regard to the condition of the person receiving the word of knowledge.
The Holy Spirit will never seek to control people. He will encourage believers to listen for themselves rather than be dependant upon what others tell them. Jesus said "my sheep hear my voice". The believer has an anointing who will "teach you all things". (1 John 2:27) Our responsibility is to tune into His voice. The Spirit will never act impulsively. He has never 'missed the bus' about anything or anyone! He will speak clearly and directly but never impulsively.
1 Cor.2:10 says that "...the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God..." The Psalmist in Ps 42 allowed "deep to call unto deep". He addressed his own state of soul from the position of his spirit. He recognised his own disquiet but framed it with his hope in God. Being led by the Spirit will not guarantee immunity from struggles but He will journey with you through the struggles and He will give you His stance to see what He sees. This is "deep calling unto deep".
Knowing what God knows and seeing what He sees will empower the believer to receive and to walk in Godly wisdom. Only the Spirit of God can reveal Godly wisdom. This wisdom is wrapped up in Christ. "But of Him you are in Christ who became for us wisdom from God - and righteousness and sanctification and redemption..." (1 Cor.1:30) The only way to receive this wisdom for our part, is to humble ourselves before God. Humility is not about whipping ourselves or trying to extend upon what Jesus has already done by way of His death on the cross. Rather it is about seeing the bigness of God - His amazing grace, His love, His patience, His mercy, his forgiveness. All of this and more is seen in and through Christ. When we dwell on Him, we will be humbled and we too will say "My Lord and My God!"
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