In my communion time this morning the Holy Spirit reminded me of this reality we have in Him when we feel weak and weary and just out of sorts because of continuous attacks from satan and we seem unable to have rest to move forward. Let these words minister greater grace to you today to be propelled into action to move forward in the Lord to see your inheritance manifested this year in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit wants me to share a truth with you today that He pointed out to me that keeps you going even after you have been weak and unable to lay hold of a present opportunity and had to pull out. In spending time fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit you will find nuggets of truth that can bring you out of the most difficult places and still find a way out that is triumphant in impact and removes shame and disgrace from your life.

The Holy Spirit reminded me of 2 Corinthians.2:14 which reads But thanks be to God, who in the Messiah constantly leads us in a triumphal procession and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of what it means to know him!

This scripture comes on the back of a failure on the part of the Apostle Paul to capitalize on an opportunity of an open door which the Lord had given him in Troas. Paul was always looking for doors into various regions to share the gospel for which Christ had chosen him and it was quite strange to note that on this occasion that after the door had been opened and there were no adversaries that he seemed unable to take it and moved away to go find Titus.

So I asked the Holy Spirit why did Paul not take this opportunity because many times before he was willing to fight through difficult circumstances and treacherous terrain just to get in and then be driven out. So why on this occasion now that everything was ready and laid out by the Lord was he unable to carry through this opportunity.

I wondered why Paul did not ask the Holy Spirit and get confirmation on what the situation with Titus was and be comforted in the word from the Holy Spirit. He could then have at least spoken to and brought encouragement and edification to people that were ready for his message and given them an opportunity to experience the multifaceted grace in His life which would have had free course because of their willingness .

Remember Paul was the one who had pointed out that we should walk by faith and not sight so what was up here. I thought finally an open door without all the hassles that he normally faced and that should have been a dream come true. Free course to share what he had when everything was in place.

I then said to the Lord how can he then go on and say thanks be to God who always leads us out in triumph and through us spreads the fragrance of God when it appears there has just been a failure on his part. The Holy Spirit then interjected and said. Was Paul led out in triumph on this occasion and I said yes.

“So the Holy Spirit never fails to lead us out in triumph in any given situation, but our action in that situation is what will decide the outcome of whether the fragrance of the knowledge of Him is spread around.”

Paul never spread that fragrance on that occasion so no one could benefit from it.

“The Holy Spirit needed the body of Paul to be present and do the speaking for there to be a manifestation of God.”

I learnt a very important lesson that day of how important it is for me to always be ready to share what God has given me and not allow any family situation or worry or concern stop me when God opens the opportunity for me to spread His fragrance that my weakness hinders and stops the process.

It emphasized the reality of Jesus’s Pep talk to the disciples in Luke.12:35-37 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. “

“I never want to be the reason for the Lord’s will not to be fulfilled because I did something wrong or were not prepared ahead of time.”

I asked the Holy Spirit to help me always be ready to do what He wanted and not miss an opportunity He created because it takes time to recover a missed chance and be back in that place.

Now the question for us is the Lord will always lead us out in triumph in Christ but will we make ourselves available for the fragrance of the knowledge of God to be manifested everywhere through our lives. We need to be willing to make that commitment to the Lord that our bodies will do what is necessary not to miss any opportunity the Lord creates for us to manifest His glory.

“Jesus makes that choice in John.4 in Samaria for the woman at the well when he remains waiting for her though He is thirsty and tired so that the fragrance of the knowledge of His kingdom could be released in Samaria and lives of a whole community could be changed eternally.”

I pray that as you receive these words the grace of the Holy Spirit will be released to you to embrace this truth and empower and enable you to be ready to take every opportunity that the Holy Spirit provides you to spread the Fragrance of the knowledge of God in every place you go so that the Kingdom of Jesus is expanded for His glory. Amen.