The Holy Spirit this morning in my communion time reminded me of the importance of paying attention to the things we heard from the Lord. Please never minimize the small details of things we have heard from the Lord by neglecting them. If you read through the gospels with the intent of gaining Spirit and life you will find that Jesus always said to the disciples and again I say to you. I asked the Holy Spirit because I wanted to understand the Kingdom operation? Why did Jesus always go over the things He spoke to His followers?

The Holy Spirit responded by telling me that with us humans we easily forget the import of things very quickly. Therefore continuous repetition is the way that we keep important things as the priority in our lives because they are always before our face.

Jesus always wants us dwelling on the important things He speaks to us because His words are Spirit and they contain life which we receive as we dwell on them. John.8:31 & 32.

The Holy Spirit went on to remind me that the enemy also seeks to vary the instructions we receive from the Lord to keep us continually deceived. This is because through deception we can be robbed of our inheritance easily because we move away from the truth to embrace a lie. Satan is aware that no lie can stand in the truth which spells defeat and our mistake to believe the lie gives him the door to our lives. Luke.21:8.

Let me now share some words the Holy Spirit led me to look at from Hebrews.2:1-4 which reads these words: Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

First of all let me say what the Holy Spirit taught me about the word of God. He pointed out to me that nothing God ever asks us to do is for God’s benefit but rather for our benefit. Then the Holy Spirit goes on to give me many examples through scripture that cannot be denied so I can be established in the truth of what He said.

The first example of this is when Jesus said we should give so that God would receive? No! so that we would receive back after giving in good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over shall men bring to our bosoms. The measure we use will be the measure we receive back Luke.6:38. It is so that we may have more available to us to give more. God wants us to give so it opens the door for us to receive more. I learnt that principle of giving and it works every time I give.

Let us now explore the Lord asking us to fast, Jesus pointed out concerning fasting in Matthew.6:16 by saying when we fast meaning we should be fasting, God gets the benefits? No! When we look at Isaiah.58;6,8 & 9 it clearly points out that we benefit from fasting. It reads these words: Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?. Verses 8 & 9:Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

Just look at the benefits of fasting and ask who does it bless? The person who fasts with the conclusion being that the Lord will overshadow your life with His glory.

It will be good for you to meditate completely on Isaiah.58 just to see how much you will benefit by fasting. This will also confirm irrefutably to you why obedience to God benefits your life and makes it much better.

Let’s go deeper into Hebrews.2 which I am explaining as it points to why we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard. That means we must meditate more on the things the Holy Spirit has spoken by confessing more faithfully these words because that is the only way we can keep them in our hearts continually.

Remember the Lord’s admonition to Joshua that secret in Joshua.1:8 & 9 which reads these words: This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

You will notice that the Lord said this word should not depart from your mouth, not your heart which means the way to get it into your heart is via confession which we need to do day and night. This is also how we give earnest heed to the things we have heard by rehearsing them over and over keeping them fresh in our hearts by our confession then taking the corresponding action on what we observe from meditating the word which will make our way prosperous and give us success.

This principle was given by the Lord to ensure our hearts don’t drift away. It is amazing how far away we can be away from the right place once we start drifting even one cm at each instant where we may end up. I have seen this with ships that start drifting and you end up where you did not plan because you navigated wrong with little steps which end up being miles away from your desired course.

It is terrible and frustrating when you drift off course as I realized when driving in Fort Worth Texas on the interstate highway by drifting off at the intersection and finding you are now on the highway to Oklahoma which happened to me. It was startling to see just how many miles I needed to navigate back just to get to a service station to retrace your steps and find a way back to Fort Worth.

This event shows exactly why it is so crucial to keep the word of the Lord in our mouths, daily by confessing them which keeps the heart focused and centred on truth. Refusing to be moved by fancy offers which seem easier and more comfortable which appeals to our desires . Satan always says to us you now know the word, so you don’t need to confess it all the time. That is being religious. Don’t believe that lie because it will cost you dearly.

I find the Holy Spirit continually reminding me to rehearse the truths I know over and over again by encouraging me to do refresher studies on what I already know of the truth to keep me up to date.

The Holy Spirit reminds me when my confessions are not as regular as should be to wake me up back to reality. You will find that what God says has such dynamic power and effect that to neglect saying it will cost you so much hassle. This is why the writer of Hebrews warns us against neglect because it will hurt you and the only way to prevent hurt is to stay on course by confessing and meditating the word continually.

My prayer for you this morning is that as you hear these words your hearts will be stirred to get back to daily confessing thus saith the Holy Spirit and ignoring your futile thoughts and opinions which have hampered your forward movement.

May the grace the Holy Spirit releases through these words propel you to take the necessary action to value with utmost intention all the words the Holy Spirit needs you working on so He can have His say, His way and His day in your life in this Auspicious season where the Lord wants to be seen doing His will through His servants.

This is so that His name is glorified on the earth and His kingdom expanded. I pray that you will be so stirred to action that your enemies will look in amazement and say how great your God is who has brought you out in triumph to glorify His wonderful name in your life in Jesus name. Amen.