Today in conclusion of my communion time with the Holy Spirit I invite you to receive these words of life in understanding how our ministry to the Lord changes the direction of our lives into greater influence.

A shift had come for their lives so Paul and Barnabas needed to recognise it, and their willingness to minister to the Lord created the setting in which the Holy Spirit could reveal that shift. This message therefore encourages us to prioritise making time to minister to the Lord and watch closely for what begins to change in our lives and circumstances because the Holy Spirit always reveals what lies ahead for us to accomplish for the Kingdom. We are to remember that Jesus had also said in John 16:13 that the Holy Spirit would “reveal to us the things to come.”

This aspect of the Holy Spirit’s ministry becomes evident in this experience of Paul and Barnabas. The Holy Spirit revealed in this moment that their future was going to change dramatically, not merely in ministry responsibility but in practically every aspect of their lives. They would leave Antioch and move into different regions. So they would no longer remain settled within one environment in a single region or simply live ordinary, predictable lives in their homes.

Their assignment would require them to be continually on the move, by effectively living out of their suitcases as they followed the sphere of influence the Lord was opening up before them. Their previous church-based support structure would no longer be the primary framework for their lives. The Holy Spirit Himself would now become the One directing their affairs and, in the language of today become their “Boss.”

This becomes the reality when the Holy Spirit becomes the One directing your affairs. So once the Holy Spirit took over the direction of Paul and Barnabas’ lives, everything changed as a new authority operated in their lives. New sources of provision and new ways of obtaining what they needed became available including things they had never previously experienced.

This was not abandonment to the elements in the world because the Lord who sent them would not send them out as orphans to perish. The same Holy Spirit who commissioned them would provide what was necessary for them to fulfil the assignment He sent them out to do. So their provision would come as they followed the Holy Spirit’s direction.

This message therefore presents how obedience to the Holy Spirit is not merely as a spiritual ideal but the pathway into the Lord’s provision, positioning, purpose, influence, supernatural activity, and greater dimensions of ministry. The record from Acts 13 onward is dramatic as we see what Paul subsequently manifested through the power of Jesus was extraordinary in magnitude.

His life became a living demonstration of what can happen when a disciple of Jesus becomes sensitive to and obedient to the Holy Spirit. Their story is therefore presented as a reminder of how obedience to the Holy Spirit can radically reposition a believer and propel them into dimensions of the Lord’s plan they could never have entered by remaining in their former environment.

This message closes with a prayer that the Holy Spirit will open your eyes to these truths and impart grace wherever you currently are in our relationship with Jesus. My desire is that you would be propelled into the Lord’s plan for your lives, while also allowing the Holy Spirit to move you back into the proper place and alignment for this present season.

Even in the times when you have become misaligned, by remaining in a former position too long, or failed to recognise that the Lord is directing you into something new. Know for certain that the Holy Spirit is able to reposition you and bring you back into the centre of Jesus’ present will for your lives.

This prayer is also for the Holy Spirit to enable you to recover your lost years and bring you into the place of glory that He ordained for you to walk in. Your decisive requirement is simple which is to be ready to follow whatever the Holy Spirit asks you to do because as you yield to His direction, you should expect Him to bring changes into your lives that could never have occurred through human planning alone.

I declare that your eyes are being opened to the ministry and leadership of the Holy Spirit. You will no longer remain stagnant in an old understanding when the Spirit of truth is calling you into greater revelation. You receive grace to remain a humble student of the truth, by continually learning, discerning, and understanding the things of the Lord.

I declare that you will make room to minister to the Lord, and as you seek Him, the Holy Spirit will speak clearly to you concerning your next assignment, your present positioning, and the things to come. You will be propelled by the Holy Spirit into the assignment ordained for you, and you will not go there abandoned or unsupported.

You will recognise every divine shift in your life and you will not resist the transition into the greater purpose of the Lord for your life. I declare that the Holy Spirit is bringing you back into alignment with the centre of Jesus’ will for you as every misplaced step is being corrected, every lost opportunity is being redeemed according to the Lord’s purpose, and your lost years are being recovered by the grace of God in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit who sends you out will provide for you as new doors, new sources of provision, new spheres of influence, and new dimensions of supernatural activity are open up as you obey His voice. The power of the Holy Spirit will work through your life in ways that testify to the reality of Jesus.

Your obedience will expand the reach of His Kingdom, and your life will become a testimony of what happens when a disciple follows the Spirit of truth. You will not miss your divine positioning but you will hear, understand, obey, and move promptly on the Holy Spirit’s instruction.

The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth, by revealing what you need to know, by showing you things to come, thus glorifying Jesus through your life, and leading you into the fullness of the assignment prepared for you. You are entering a new dimension of alignment, purpose, provision, influence, and glory by the power of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus’ name. Amen.