Liberty!

Liberty!

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). 2 Corinthians 3:17 AMPC

There are 3 concepts that can be taken out of today's extract and these are: Identity, Location and Impact. If we go back to the days of Moses, the glory of God was so evident on Moses that the people couldn't look directly on his face so he had to use a veil. The veil then was physical, but till today, a spiritual veil covers the hearts of men. Insight into God's Word is not given to you simply based on your educational history or the time you spend reading it. Only by the help of the inspiration behind the Word are you able to unearth the treasures and that is the Spirit of God. This is the first concept: you have got to find the One person who matters in this conversation and that is the Holy Spirit. No one else can.

And when the identity of the person of the Holy Spirit has been settled, you have got to be in His presence daily and regularly. Wherever the Spirit of God cannot dwell, you cannot expect Him to do mighty works there. You cannot be loving and living in sin and expect the Spirit of God to do mighty things. And of course, that is the third concept: impact. There is no life so far gone in sin that cannot be changed upon an encounter with the Spirit of God. There is no life so messed up that the Spirit of God cannot turn into a message. Only by and in the Spirit is true liberty: the kind that sets me free to worship God; to seek His face; to see Him move in mighty ways in and around me.

The God who called back in Paul's day is still the same God calling out today. He wants to do a mighty work in me first before doing the same work through me to touch lives. The encounter with the Spirit of God is non-negotiable. Do I truly have Him? Do you? His time of favour is here.