What is holding us back? There are no limitations in THE SPIRIT.
The spirit of this world would have us believe we cannot be partakers of Jesus’ Divine Nature. Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2 Peter in chapter 1:
3 Everything we could ever need for life and complete devotion to God has already been deposited in us by His Divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing Him who has called us by name and invited us to come to Him through a glorious manifestation of His goodness. 4 As a result of this, He has given you magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through the power of these tremendous promises you can experience partnership with the Divine nature, by which you have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.
The Holy Spirit has revealed to us that we have everything we need within us to walk victoriously in this world. Unbelief is what is holding us back from walking in the fullness of His power and authority.
Many have taught a doctrine of waiting for a specific date to occur and then we will walk in such power. Those “prophetic” dates have come and gone a multitude of times yet people continue to hang on the words of those false prophets. Instead we need to devote ourselves to removing unbelief and error by immersing ourselves in the pure Word and walking in the Word without exception or reluctance.
It is all about us yielding to the pure Word in all areas of our life. There is no one in Heaven limiting us so we must look only as far as the mirror to find the one keeping us from fully entering into the fullness revealed here.
5 So devote yourselves to lavishly supplementing your faith with goodness,
and to goodness add understanding,
6 and to understanding add the strength of self-control,
and to self-control add patient endurance,
and to patient endurance add Godliness,
7 and to godliness add mercy toward your brothers and sisters,
and to mercy toward others add unending love.
8 Since these virtues are already planted deep within, and you possess them in abundant supply, they will keep you from being inactive or fruitless in your pursuit of knowing Jesus Christ more intimately. 9 But if anyone lacks these things, he is blind, constantly closing his eyes to the mysteries of our faith, and forgetting his innocence—for his past sins have been washed away.
10 For this reason, beloved ones, be eager to confirm and validate that God has invited you to salvation and claimed you as his own. If you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 As a result, the kingdom’s gates will open wide to you as God choreographs your triumphant entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.
Are you willing to fully devote yourself to walking according to every Word in this chapter? I am! What else is worth pursuing instead? Everything else is temporary by nature and will fall apart at some point and become totally worthless. We need to focus on what The Holy Spirit is saying to us in this passage for it deals with eternity. There is no failure associated with The Word. We must saturate ourselves in The Word thus Truth will permeate every aspect of our life.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.”
Let us no look at our own weakness but instead we should focus on the Absolute Truth and walk accordingly. We must not focus on the flesh but rather subdue it for it is holding us back from walking in the fullness of THE SPIRIT. Everything we need has already been deposited on our behalf so let us make used of our resources today!