This morning in my communion time with the Holy Spirit He asked me what are we doing with the abundance of grace He has lavished upon us and the gift of righteousness Jesus has bestowed on us? The Holy Spirit went on to share with me the importance of us using the grace and gifts He has bestowed upon us. This is because that is the only way in which the Lord can show His power through and among us to demonstrate the Kingdom of Jesus on earth for men to see.

The Kingdom will never be made manifest from the skies or through the wind taking over people’s hearts. People will be changed only through the lives of Jesus’s faithful lovers and followers.

We need the Holy Spirit desperately. He pointed out to me in no uncertain terms the importance of us knowing who we are in Him by understanding what and why He came to equip us for service to be vehicles through which His glory can be seen. All the encouragement and support that Jesus offers us is so that we are a true representation of His character and nature for men to see.

Let us look at the words the enemies spoke about the Apostle Peter and the Apostles in Acts.4:13 & 14 which reads these words: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marvelled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

The Holy Spirit asked me if this is what men will say of me today? Are we living in such a way that these words can be spoken of us? This is what men should say of us as followers and lovers of Jesus because He paid the price for us to have that rank of office on the earth to prove just how great He actually is.

The Holy Spirit went on further to point out to me to remember the words Jesus spoke to us in Matthew.11:28-30 which read these words: Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Now as you look at these words be ready to surrender every excuse you have for being incapable of being and doing what Jesus said you could do for His name sake.

Jesus invites us here to bring to Him every labor or work, effort, failure and the toll it has taken from us by surrendering everything that binds and imprisons us from moving forward in Him which He promises us that we will find rest. Not more turmoil, hurt, pain or more oppression. Jesus never says things He cannot do so when He says it. All we need to do is believe and receive it as fact then it will manifest for us.

Jesus offers us His yoke to take upon our lives, that is lay down our heavy yokes and burdens. Then immediately pick up His yoke which is light and easy thus finding rest for our souls. Living in a place where our minds, wills, emotions and intellects are in complete agreement with Jesus so our bodies reflect His nature through us in clear distinct manifestation of signs, wonders and miracles. That means men can say of us they have been with Jesus and we marvel at what they have done in the name of Jesus.

This is the reason for the abundance of grace being imparted to us by the Holy Spirit so that through us the fragrance of the knowledge of God can be diffused through our lives to change the odors that satan has spewed over the earth to cause men to live in fear of death which Jesus has defeated once and for all on our behalf. Jesus went about doing good healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with Him. Acts.10:38.

The gift of righteousness is to ensure that we are covered by Jesus who loved righteousness and hated lawlessness which resulted in Him being anointed above all His companions. Through the same righteousness that Jesus exuded we have it as a gift from Jesus to execute which makes us reign in life by the One man Christ Jesus. Romans.5:17. Just as we saw happen in the life of Peter and the Apostles in Acts.4 that caused their enemies to tremble in fear at what this would accomplish on the earth.

This my brethren is what the Holy Spirit wants us to have at the forefront of our lives in this season of time as we walk in the faith of Jesus demonstrating only what Jesus can do which: no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered the heart of man what God has said but is being revealed to us by the operation of the Holy Spirit in our lives for all to see. This glorifies the name of the Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians.2:9.

My prayer for you today is that as you hear these words faith will arise in your souls and every grace necessary will awaken you to action to lay hold of these words in your hearts. Then boldly go out and become diffusers of the fragrance of the knowledge of God in every place.

May you be so energized by the Holy Spirit’s grace that you are unrecognizable to your peers. So it is said of you ”You have been with Jesus”” because the fragrance of the knowledge of Him is continually flowing through you in signs, wonders and miracles to glorify the name of Jesus as the Kingdom of Jesus is expanding and taking over in the earth through your life.

Let this be your testimony in Jesus name. Amen.