Are you taking hold of your inheritance as a true child of GOD?
There are three progressions in becoming mature sons and daughters of GOD.
Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 1:
9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove.
11 Then a Voice came from Heaven, “You are My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.“
12 Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.
The first progression is to be driven or compelled by The Holy Spirit.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 4:
1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
The second progression is to be led by The Holy Spirit.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 20:
22 And see, now I go bound in The Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,
The third progression is to be bound by The Holy Spirit. Driven, led, bound! GOD is taking hold of humanity and possessing it with HIS Holiness, with HIS righteousness, with HIS Truth, with HIS faith, until a person can say, “I am bound in The Spirit, I have no choice, my only, my only desire, my only ambition is the Will of GOD”.
We do have the choice to move through each progression. We have the choice to move into full submission to The Holy Spirit. FATHER will not force us but is well pleased when we come into full submission to The Holy Spirit.
What happens when you are bound by THE SPIRIT? You never lose the vision of what FATHER is establishing on the earth.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 3:
7-8 I have been made a messenger of this wonderful news by the gift of grace that works through me. Even though I am the least significant of all his Holy believers, this grace-gift was imparted when the manifestation of His power came upon me. Grace alone empowers me so that I can boldly preach this wonderful message to non-Jewish people, sharing with them the unfading, inexhaustible riches of Christ, which are beyond comprehension.
9 My passion is to enlighten every person to this Divine mystery. It was hidden for ages past until now, and kept a secret in the Heart of God, the Creator of all. 10 The purpose of this was to unveil before every throne and rank of angelic orders in the Heavenly realm God’s full and diverse Wisdom revealed through the church. 11 This perfectly Wise plan was destined from Eternal ages and fulfilled completely in our Lord Jesus Christ, so that now
12 we have boldness through Him, and free access as kings before the Father because of our complete confidence in Christ’s faithfulness.
Paul never lost the vision!
Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 1:
16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
GOD laid hold of him; GOD bound him. Paul did not seek approval of men to affirm his calling. GOD preserved him and it is a wonderful position to be in, to be preserved by THE ALMIGHTY GOD. After having been near death five separate times, I can relate.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 9:
24 For if you choose self-sacrifice, giving up your lives for My glory, you will discover True Life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will lose what you try to keep.
25 Even if you gained all the wealth and power of this world, and all the things it could offer you, yet lost your soul in the process, what good is that?
26 So why then are you ashamed of being My disciple? Are you ashamed of the revelation-truth I give to you? “I, the Son of Man, will one day return in My radiant brightness, with the Holy angels and in the splendor and majesty of My Father. On that day I will be ashamed of everyone who has been ashamed of Me.
27 “I promise you this: there are some of you standing here right now who will not die until you have witnessed the Presence and the power of God’s Kingdom realm.”
Are you willing to fully sacrifice “self” to discover True Life as a Son or Daughter of THE ALMIGHTY? Paul did, so can you!