Acts 5:32 ‘We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.’

DAILY READING; Mathew 12, Leviticus 14, Proverbs 26

Pastor Benedictus “Benny” Hinn is an Israeli Christian who is best known for his “Miracle Crusades” characterized by great display of the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the early days of his ministry Pastor Benny Hinn learned an importance lesson about prompt obedience to the Holy Spirit.
In 1980, he travelled to Detroit to minister in a Church. It was to be a morning and evening session. The night before his first ministration, he spent time in prayer and worship and had sweet fellowship with the Holy Spirit where the presence of God was so strong.
The next morning when he arrived to minister at the Church, Benny Hinn felt the anointing of the Holy Spirit like never before. As he began to preach, God moved powerfully in the service, a heavy cloud of glory came down and many people began to weep, while some fell to the floor, sobbing.
After the glorious service that morning, there was a break for lunch. Benny Hinn went to have lunch in the home of his cousin who lived in Detroit.
While having delightful lunch with his cousin and her husband and enjoying a lively conversation, Benny suddenly, felt the Lord tugging at his heart, saying “Go pray.”
Benny was startled and wondered how he could possibly get up and leave in the middle of lunch, to go and pray! What would his cousin and her husband think? Moreover, his hotel was forty-five minutes away. So he ignored the instruction to pray. After the lunch, he was driven back to the hotel, and when he got into his room, he felt so exhausted that he decided to sleep.
That evening, when he arrived at the Church for the evening service, he found that the crowd had doubled. People who heard of the powerful morning service had come to experience the power of God too.
But when Benny got up to preach, nothing happened! There was no power and no overwhelming anointing of the Spirit.
Alarmed, he struggled, saying everything he could think of, but the Holy Spirit did not show up.
To Benny Hinn, the service was a disaster and when it ended, he rushed back to his hotel room to inquire from the Lord why the service had been devoid of power. Then the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit reminded him about the instruction to ‘Go pray’, which he had ignored.
That day, the Holy Spirit taught Benny Hinn that to live in the power of the anointing, he must be willing to pay the price of prompt obedience.

The Presence of the Holy Spirit carries great promise of power, victory, miracles, signs and wonders, yet it also carries a price. That price is total obedience.
Our level of manifestation of the power of the Spirit is a function of our level of obedience to Him.
Being obedient to God means you are a delighted doer of His Word, either spoken or written.
As disciples of Christ, we must be willing to walk away from anything in this world so as to walk in close fellowship with the Lord.
The hard choice we need to make every day is whether we want to be God pleasers or man pleasers. There is nothing wrong or evil about having our own plans and schedule, but we must always give God’s plan priority in every situation.
The cost of the anointing is devotion and intimacy with the Holy Spirit and loving Him above all else.
This means a transfer of ownership, where we no longer belong to ourselves but we belong to God.
To be a follower of Jesus, we must deny ourselves, take up our cross daily and follow Him. (Luke 9:23, KJV)
As end-time saints Christ has redeemed us to be kings and priests and to reign on the earth (Revelation 5:9-10).
However before we can manifest power and authority on the earth, we must subject and submit ourselves to the superior authority of the Holy Spirit.
Obeying His instruction on any issue is where our blessing lies and until it is done, a believer’s life will be riddled with failures, problems and struggles.
God desires us to walk in His presence, power, anointing, wisdom, and victory! But the truth is that only those who pay the price of obedience to God, will be rewarded with His power and glory.

PRAYER;
Lord, please, ignite in me the desire to pay the required prize to carry the Presence of the Holy Spirit. I receive today, the courage to always serve You faithfully and promptly obey Your every instruction in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
When you obey God’s instruction you are delivered from destruction. WORDBITE 222