The Holy Spirit’s Leading

 Job 11-12; Acts 15-16 

“It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements…having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.”

Acts 15:28; 16:6, 7

Listening to and knowing the leading of the Holy Spirit was essential to the doctrinal discernment as well as missional strategy of the early Church.

Are we practicing the same dependency on the leadership of the Holy Spirit today?

The early Church listened to the Spirit’s leading through Peter, Paul, Barnabas, and James. God speaks through the Body of Christ. Paul listened to the Spirit’s leading through promptings and prayer. God speaks through his Spirit communing with our spirit, and through circumstances which point to his direction.

Are we growing in our capacity to discern the Holy Spirit’s leading, or are we leading and then asking the Holy Spirit to bless us?

“Lord Jesus, thank you for your Spirit’s leading and direction in my life, for your glory.”