In the same way any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my Disciple.
Luke 14: 33
Jesus commanded His disciples not to leave Jerusalem but receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4,5)
The Holy spirit helps us to live a Spirit led life rather than a worldly life ( 2 Cor 10:3,4 ; Rom 8 )
So what is it to be led by the Holy Spirit?
It is living a life of supernatural healing, peace, deliverance, miracles, life transformed, not like the natural but beyond all rule and authority, power, dominion and beyond every title that can be given.
It is the life of miracles -People being healed of arthritis, asthma, allergy, fever, seizures, paralysis in the name of Jesus Christ in day-to-day practice, many delivered from worldly entanglement to freedom by His name.
I would like to give you an example of how I was led by the Holy spirit in my workplace. Once I was called for a delivery. I was in my OPD and the hospital which called me was around 3 km away from my place. As soon as I started from the OP there was another call from the same hospital saying that the baby has been delivered, but baby did not cry after birth. So it took me 10 minutes to reach the hospital. By the time I reached there the baby was pale white and did not breathe. As a doctor I had to do the Resuscitation. Heart rate was very low but it improved with bag and mask ventilation but baby did not breathe spontaneously. It was around one hour after I started resuscitation but baby has not improved once I stopped bag and mask ventilation, heart rate dropped. There was no reflex in the eyes. So, I called the father and told him the situation of how the baby was dependent on ventilation and how the brain was then dead. The father was devastated. I was sending all the attendants outside and suddenly; I saw the room from the view of a CCTV camera. I immediately sensed that God wanted to do something there. So, I asked God, “Lord, what do you want me to do?”.
Immediately I was reminded of two incidents. One where Jesus sent out the attendants of a child who was dead, and how He brought back to life the girl child. Another instance where Elijah the prophet took the child to the upper room, prayed and brought it back to life. Again I asked the Lord, “Lord! what do you want me to do?” .
The Lord said, “Prophecy life over the baby!”. So I prophesied over the baby to breathe in the name of Jesus Christ and immediately the baby took its first breath and it started to cry, following which I prophesied again, “Move!” Immediately the baby started to kick and move. The baby now had spontaneous breathing. So I continued to resuscitate.
When I explained this to the baby’s father, he was furious saying, “What do you think of yourself? Once you said, my baby is dead! Now you are telling, baby is alive! What is this? Are you making fun of me? “
Then I told him that it was not my resuscitation but the power of the one and only true living God Jesus Christ who raised his baby from the dead. I asked him to make arrangements to take the baby to higher Centre for follow-up care so the baby was shifted alive to higher centres.
This starts to happen when we stop living a namesake Christian life (worldly life) and start living a life according to the purpose God ordained for us. (Spirit led life ). Worldly life is being a slave to the demonic principalities, authorities and dominions. They do not allow Christians see miracles in their lives.
But when you are spirit led, you start to acknowledge (Philemon 1:6) the Word of God. You come to a point where the Word of God dominates you. You start working from victory, from the riches of His Glorious inheritance and from his incomparable great power for us, who believe.
So, hold on to His teaching and give up everything which the world taught you. Then you will be His disciples! Then you will know the truth and the truth shall set you free (Luke 8:31)
Dr. Albert Jones AOJ