I am led by the Spirit of God, therefore I am a child of God.
After Jerusalem fell, many of the people wanted Jeremiah to inquire if they should leave the land. In their hearts, they wanted to go to Egypt and meant to do so; they only wanted Jeremiah to persuade God to approve their plans.
Jeremiah inquired: and God did not approve at all. They went anyway, saying that Jeremiah had lied about what God had said, and they ran into great trouble as a result! God had not said anything about them leaving in the first place, because He had no new plan.
There is a safeguard for all “voices” and impulses, and that is the Word:
“If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:20).
It claims for itself the unique privilege of being the means through which God speaks. He has nothing to say except according to its precepts. His Word may come to us through ministry or prophecy—which often we need—but personal directives never come through a third party.
He tells nobody else what you should do. There may be comfort, edification, and exhortation: but each of us is led of God if we are His children:
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14).
Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com
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