Can You Imagine Saying No To The Holy Spirit

As a youngster my mother would say open wide and take your Caster oil, eat your spinach and be strong like Popeye the sailor man (a favorite cartoon years ago). Put your shirt inside your pants don’t be a slouch, sit up in that chair and stand up straight to maintain a strong back, hold your head up and look a person in the eye when talking to them.

Many of these things I would say no to myself, of course back in the day definitely one won’t talk back to your mother, not without consequences. But respect was and is something held in very high esteem. Becoming more Holy Spirit interactive has enormous benefits to us, as when our elders taught us great directions to orchestrate our lives.
There are times when speaking not talking, although there is a time for that, but speaking to myself and I would say no. When I didn’t want to do something, doesn’t matter that it may be a good time or thing to do at that present time. A great deal of the time I hear in my mind the Lord talking to me and not realizing it at that momentous occasion, but something is given to me to do and my reply without thinking is I don’t want to do that. But when in the final analysis, when I analyze it, it is something I would be better off doing.

I have set many goals for myself and when the voice of encourage comes to do what I have planned, the goal I have set for myself, when the voice comes I say no. I say no because I don’t want to do it at that moment. Could it be, I’m lazy or better said; am I stuck in an old habit of failure?
It has been said, you can weather the winds of change by standing firm on your principles. Plans were made and goals were set to exercise right after I eat dinner. Just taking a short walk to burn some of the energy in the form of calories I just stored. I have studied what happens when you eat, the food just eaten does not burn and turn into energy until you perform some type of exercise.

Now sleeping is a form of exercise that can burn a few calories, but when you eat more than can be burned this form of exercise is not good for this particular goal. It will speed up the metabolism a bit, but the not enough to burn those calories just consumed, so these calories store and turns to fat. The body is smart it knows how to use what has been given to it. So the walk helps burn off the calories by turning them into energy. This process also builds more lean muscles which also burns fat, goal reached right.

Now remember, I said no when that still quiet voice said to me to stick to the plan your goal. Lay on the floor and getting off the floor now is a task in itself. But lay on the floor to do a few sit ups or leg ups and go for that walk to burn off what you just ate and maintain the progress for attaining you goal.

This is an ah-hah moment. You can see that in that quiet moment, in that instant of time and space. The Holy Spirit is guiding me into a truth. He is sent to guide us into all truths. The Lord is helping me in my hour of need, this one small millisecond. John 16:13 says He will guild you into all truths and will show you things to come. Most people take this as just pertaining to and reminding us of what Christ has said and about His second coming and prophesies.

Proverb 3:6 in all thy ways He will direct your paths. This is huge as meaning every tiny detail of a believer’s life can be guided when you learn to tune our hearing to the things God is sharing with us.

So my conclusion is when I think no to the things that come up in my head. I must think again when I say no, as wisdom is applied yes could be the best answer to follow. Guidance has been given to the extent for a victorious end result toward the position we strive to attain.

There is so much to say and more must continue to be expressed in the days ahead. Remember as stated before hand “you can weather the winds of change by standing firm on your principles.� Develop habits of success by becoming more Holy Spirit interactive in our daily lives.

T. Nathan
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