The Holy Spirit spoke to me this morning about attuning my soul to becoming more willing to wait on Him before taking action. Psalm.103:1. 

The Holy Spirit pointed out how easily our souls always want to react and respond quickly to events prematurely which causes us to make mistakes. The intent is to force us to lose out on the plan God intended.

 We need to train our souls to wait patiently on the Lord and our mouths to refrain from quick responses by waiting for the direction and life giving words of the Holy Spirit to speak. 

He reminded me of the occasion in John.8:3-11 where the lady who was caught in adultery was brought before Jesus and they wanted Him to respond immediately.

However Jesus responded by first pausing to allow the Holy Spirit to provide Him the answer that was most appropriate to give rather than just blot out a response that could have hurt Him. 

He reminded me that though they kept pressing Jesus for an answer. Jesus simply switched off concerning the pressure being applied on Him by giving His spirit the opportunity to listen to the Holy Spirit who in turn gave him words to speak which silenced the whole moment.

 The answer given by the Holy Spirit brought unusual results by dismantling the accusing crowd aroused by His enemies which left Him alone with the accused victim. Jesus is absolutely beautiful in His response to people’s anger and determined wicked intentions.

 As I pondered this reality it provided me an opportunity to repent of the many occasions I had been too hasty to give an answer which went wrong. However I was now able to relook at those matters and correct my perception at those times and see my mistakes which I could now correct.

 I don’t know of any teacher that is able to correct with such distinction and class as the Holy Spirit. John.16:13 & 14. This word has enabled me to understand why the enemy always wants us to blot out things prematurely so that we give him room in our matters and allow him scope to destroy a potential God situation and ruin it. Ephesians.4:27.

We need to remember to be slow to speak and swift to listen. James.1:19. He reminded me that refraining from speaking means non committal. However once we have spoken we have indicated our choices and will have to live with the consequences. 

This God principle He pointed out I should adopt more purposefully will free me from many problems and difficulties. He pointed out to me that no matter the pressure, fear of loss and the missing of a lifetime opportunity. 

We must wait for Him and only respond with His decision and words not ours. 

So today I encourage you to slow down in your responses to questions that seek to entrap you and wait on the Holy Spirit before you blab out what will hurt you. 

Speak to your soul to calm down and wait on the Lord because through it you will be strengthened in the Lord and the power of His might. Psalm.103:1.

 Let grace arise in your soul today to gain the greater strength in God rather than the loss caused by wrong untimely responses which breed sorrow. 1 John.4:4.

May your day be victorious and triumphant as you yield to these words from the Spirit in Jesus Name. Amen.