WALKING BY THE SPIRIT
It’s Memorial Day weekend and a lot of people have come
here to Vegas for a few days of fun and relaxation. But when I woke up
yesterday morning, the sky was full of clouds and some of them were ominous
rain clouds. I didn’t want that for the people, and I was urged by the holy
spirit to pray. Recently I’ve learned some new things about vaporizing, so I
asked the Lord to split up the particles in the clouds into vapor form. Within
the hour, I was out watering my sunflowers and looked up to see a sunny sky and
only a small ring of clouds around the edges of our city, and it stayed that
way all day!
I knew that when the Lord urged me to get rid of the
clouds it would happen because I’d done it before, on a rock-climbing trip. Right
when we were about to start up the mountain, it started to pour down rain. The
Lord told me it was because the people were afraid of climbing. But He wanted
us to get over our fears, so He told me to pray. I did, and the clouds spread
out and the rain stopped. Because of this supernatural experience before, it
was that much easier to believe and act on what He told me yesterday.
That’s how it works. We step out when we have the
slightest spiritual urging, and the Lord supports us! We have holy spirit in
us, and we learn by doing.
Sure, we may make a few mistakes, but Romans 8:1 tells us
that the Lord doesn’t condemn us. “There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.”
And Galatians 5:25 tells us that if we are attempting to
live in a spiritual way, then we need to step up and take a chance on the actions
He inspires. The results are beautiful. “If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit.”
The more we practice responding to the Holy Spirit’s
voice, vibrations, urges, and nudges, the better we get at it. Philippians 2:13
says: “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.” And His good pleasure is to bless us and see His goodness spread
throughout the earth.
“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give
thee the desires of thine heart” (Psa. 37:4).
It was a blessing to be a partner with the Lord on giving
the Las Vegas visitors a sunny day, when the devil wanted to make it gloomy. We
are always winners with the Lord. Let’s see what beautiful things happen this
week as we obey the Lord’s urges and walk by the spirit.
Love, Carolyn
INSPIRATIONAL, MOTIVATIONAL WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THE BIBLE
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WINGS: A Journey in Faith from the Earthly to
the Heavenly is a compilation of stories—revelations and
guidance gathered from my experiences living as a Christian in Las Vegas.
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