Proverbs 4:13- TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION; LET HER NOT GO, KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE.
This post is the continuation of the last one, you can read at https://completewoman1.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/instructions/
We live on instructions per time. David was a man that had the spirit upon, not within and still enjoyed the blessing of God. He said in Psalm 23:1- The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
We all know this passage but really, beyond head knowledge, you need the revelation of it.
He was assured of God’s ability to provide, he said ‘I shall not Want’. You can’t be under God’s watch and suffer. How shall you not want? Verse 2 says ‘ He MAKES ME like down in green pastures, HE LEADS ME besides still waters.
If the Lord is your shepherd, it means you are a sheep. This is metaphorical, it does not necessarily mean you are an animal.
Jesus said in John 10: 11a: I am the ‘Good Shepherd’…..
You are not a robot so don’t expect God to lead you as one. The shepherd skills of God requires your active participation. How? God shepherds you by giving you instructions. As a sheep, you have capacity to hear and discern His voice. John 10:3- ….AND THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE and HE CALLETH his own sheep by name and HE LEADS THEM OUT…..
The only reason David did not want was because he was attentive and sensitive to instructions. He said ‘ HE LEADS ME’ besides still waters. No wonder he said in psalm that ‘you satisfy my soul in drought’. Every one who enjoyed the fullness of the blessing received and obeyed instructions. To Abraham, God said ‘get out of your father’s house’, to Isaac, God said, stay in Gerar, (a land where there was famine, he was well watered and he prospered). For David, he said ‘ He LEADS me’.
Now, these were people who had the spirit upon and yet enjoyed the blessing, how much more A NEW MAN in Christ who does not just have the spirit upon but also within. Gal 3:13-14.
You have the capacity to be led by Him, you have an inward witness that can pick the promptings of the spirit. You have the Word of God through which God can also speak to you (Heb 1:1-2,John 1:1). You can read my posts on the leading of the spirit, I once did a series on it. follow these links: https://completewoman1.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/the-real-woman-can-be-led/
Canaan would have been like every other land Abram got to, but the voice he heard identified it as his inheritance. (Gen 13:5-7). David didn’t know where there was green pastures but he followed God to lead him there, he never knew where ‘still water’s were but he was led by God to it. The Spirit of the Lord is the one that maps out our inheritance, divides our portion unto us and make known to us all God has made available for us in Christ Jesus.
Enjoy The fullness of the blessing, not just the gift of righteousness but supernatural provision to all your needs. You can’t stay under God’s watch and suffer. You can’t be under his watch and miss purpose. You can’t follow God and miss it in life. He is not just a shepherd but a GOOD SHEPHERD!
Proverbs 4:13- TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION; LET HER NOT GO, KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE.
