“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and have spiritual discernment to follow the correct guidance of the Holy Spirit.
We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and have spiritual discernment
to follow the correct guidance of the Holy Spirit.
In the context of evangelistic missionary work
for the gospel of Jesus Christ,
what should we do when the Holy Spirit blocks
or does not permit the ministry location we
intend to go to?
When the Holy Spirit prevents us from going in a
certain direction,
we believe that there is undoubtedly a path that
He opens for us.
However, how can we distinguish
between the hindrance and permission of the Holy
Spirit?
When the Holy Spirit blocks the path we intend
to take,
even if we claim to have a righteous purpose of
preaching the gospel,
if we do not humbly submit to the Spirit's
hindrance
and instead try to observe our right intentions,
is that not pride?
Furthermore, if the Holy Spirit has opened a
path for us to take,
yet we continue to pray for it to be opened,
without discerning it, is that not our folly?
It seems that merely having the right purpose a
nd a right heart's motive is not enough.
It requires the fullness of the Holy Spirit and
spiritual discernment
to follow the right leading of the Spirit
(Ref.: Acts 16:6-10).
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