The Holy Spirit reminded me this morning in my fellowship time with Him of the difference of operating by grace versus by law. He pointed out to me how easy it is to move from grace to law and thus stop receiving the benefits which come from Him and having reliance on what we can do based on what we know of the law. Don’t get too comfortable doing things by rote. Let your heart be engaged in all things you do in God and for God.

Your heart must engage with the Holy Spirit to see the manifestation of God in your life. Your heart decision is your connection to the Holy Spirit because God will do nothing outside the heart. This is the reason satan fights our hearts being at peace and rest with God. Agitation is the grounds satan uses to throw us off balance and rob our rewards from becoming reality on earth. John.14:1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

It is true that we should live by the word but it is by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Now that is completely different than taking the word from the bible and using it from my authorship versus the authorship of the Holy Spirit. I will share some examples with you that the Holy Spirit worked out in me that made me understand the difference.

I can take the word of God, use it and not be in the Spirit and it accomplishes nothing for me as it was not Spirit breathed.

When I listen to some of the old hymns sung in Church today they have such meaning because the Holy Spirit resides in me and I know the Person of Jesus to whom these hymns were written but when I went to church as a child/young adult those words did not have much impact on me as I did not know the Savior they were referring to but sang them as per rote in service because no grace was imparted to me by the Holy Spirit but now when I sing them my heart is lifted and I cannot hold back the tears because they mean so much to me as they honor my Lord and Master.

I also found it was difficult to obey the law of God from the Bible I heard preached in church but once I began walking with the Holy Spirit I was convicted and believed and knew I could live them out by grace and not law. As the Apostle John said in 1 John:5.3 His commandments are not burdensome when you are living by His strength in you and not your physical capability.

It is where the Spirit of the Lord is that there will be liberty, freedom and deliverance otherwise it is just rituals which change nothing.

I recall the time the Holy Spirit began speaking to me about tithing from grace as opposed to law. In church most times Malachi:3 was used to command us to bring in the tithe and I did not like feeling compelled to do it, but the Holy Spirit pointed out to me that for that reason people were not benefitting from the promise because they were doing law and not grace, so He gave me a teaching lesson from Genesis:14.18-20 on tithing with Abraham, which Isaac and Jacob then followed.

In this passage the Holy Spirit pointed out that the Lord of the tithe met Abraham and blessed him and from the blessing Abraham received he chose to tithe to the Lord and watch what happened in his life financially from that time and you will note that Isaac and Jacob had similar experiences on which they began tithing.

Now the Holy Spirit pointed out that in Malachi:3 they had been in sin and God was correcting them so that they could come back to their senses about the issue of tithing and begin to see financial restoration. Now once you know the right basis or grounds for tithing it is a powerful reminder which keeps you on the straight and narrow in the principle but that is not the main foundation.

Now when Melchizedek blessed Abraham He came with communion and blessed Abraham as the Owner of all things on earth and made Abraham a partaker of those benefits and you will notice from that time Abraham said I have lifted my Hand to the Lord as my provider and will not move from that.

Now that was completely different from being accused of missing the mark and losing out to being promised a new financial life package from the Owner of all things no wonder Abraham accepted it and I certainly did and my life in finances changed and my vision and revelation came into new higher dimensions and I have the Possessor of heaven and earth as my Partner in my finances by His grace not my work or keeping law. As the Apostle Paul says the letter kills but the Spirit gives life.

I pray today that as you meditate on these words let the grace within them empower you to make the necessary changes and line up with plans of the Holy Spirit in your finances so you can benefit and gain what God intended rather than what man demanded and have resolution and the intended increase the Lord provides for you rather than struggle wondering if the God principle works. It does always work but we need to cooperate with the teacher of truth the Holy Spirit to benefit and partake of the things of the Spirit.

There will be a huge increase in your lives as this process begins and you will also learn much more about the Lord and your covenant with Him which I have gone on to do, but for now you enter a new sphere of opening financially and visionary and how you walk going forward in this is dependent on how much you allow the Holy Spirit room and scope to lead and guide you on where and how you work out the practical side of this word for your lives.

May the Lord bless you and direct you in paths of pleasantness and peace which He has available for you. Please also look up Hebrews:6&7 in addition to see the ministry of Jesus/ Melchizedek as your High Priest in this operation in your finances which will help solidify it’s reality in you in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Constantly assess your doings financially with the Lord to ensure that you are not left behind doing rituals when the Holy Spirit wants you in the forefront of present realities that bring you supernatural results.