During my communion time with the Holy Spirit, a growing and consistent reminder was given reminding me that access to God’s grace and blessings is not something earned through human effort, natural law-keeping, or personal righteousness, even though living righteously and honouring God’s commands remains important.

Instead, the true foundation for receiving God’s grace is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who made complete atonement for our souls. This reality is rooted in the spiritual blessings made available to us in Christ Jesus as described in Ephesians 1:3–12.

The Holy Spirit continually emphasizes the reality that it is the righteousness of Jesus and not our own works of righteousness that grants us access to the blessings of the Lord. Through Christ’s righteousness we as believers and His followers are brought into a position of grace and authority.

This truth is affirmed in Romans 5:17, which declares that those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through Jesus Christ.

However, the Holy Spirit reminded me how often our human nature complicates this simplicity of receiving righteousness and the abundance of His grace. People frequently create doctrines and systems out of isolated experiences or religious practices they feel give them some superiority over others.

These man-made interpretations can unintentionally limit believers and make them feel disqualified, by seeking to move them away from the simple truth of what Jesus has already accomplished on our behalf. 

When this happens, people begin to rely on their own efforts and physical acts of piety rather than on the life and power that is available to us through Christ, which ends up leading them into error and disconnection from the life God intended for them to experience.

This danger is highlighted in the words of Jesus recorded in John 5:19 and 5:30, where Jesus explains in detail that He acts only in alignment with the Father’s will in total surrender to His instructions and not from His independent human initiative or thoughts and preferences.

Because of this reality of walking in complete union with the Holy Spirit, as followers of Jesus we are encouraged to surrender our hearts fully to the influence of the Holy Spirit. So instead of focusing our attention on what laws we can keep to feel spiritually accomplished, we should pursue by earnestly seeking the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and guidance that the Holy Spirit provides each day to be faithful to obey His dictates for our lives.

Attempting to live by our human strength or personal effort only leads us to further frustration and defeat, but our choosing to walk in dependence on the Holy Spirit releases the power we need to fulfil the will of God.

The ability Jesus has provided for us to approach the Lord confidently and receive His help comes through grace the Holy Spirit supplies, as emphasized in Hebrews 4:16, where we as  Jesus’ followers are invited to come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help us in times of need.

This invitation confirms that the Lord never intended for humanity to accomplish His will through personal ability alone but we must come to the Lord with our request for help meaning we exercise our free will to come to Him.

If our human strength had been sufficient, there would have been no need for God to send the Holy Spirit as our Helper because we could cope on our own ability. Yet Jesus who knows all things promised the coming of the Holy Spirit to guide, lead, and direct us as His followers into all truth and into the life the Lord has prepared for us.

This promise is clearly described in John 16:7–15, where Jesus explains that the Holy Spirit would come to teach us, by guiding us into all truth, and by revealing the things of God and the future events of our lives.

Therefore, as followers of Jesus we are encouraged to take intentional time to commune with the Holy Spirit, thus allowing Him to direct our daily lives by heavenly ability.

So instead of trying to control every situation or acting as the authority over our own paths, we are called to step back from leading ourselves, by choosing to worship the Lord for His greatness, and allow the Holy Spirit to guide our decisions and actions in line with the character of Jesus.

Through this posture of surrender, the Lord’s strength begins to operate in the areas where our human weakness is most evident. Thus allowing the Holy Spirit to provide the necessary power to overcome our limitations, because His strength, unlike our human effort is limitless.

Allowing the Holy Spirit the room in our hearts to lead our affairs brings a remarkable new transformation in our daily life. When we as followers of Jesus  rely on His power, our days become more productive, purposeful, and aligned with the Lord’s will.

Walking with the Holy Spirit always remember is not a one-time experience but a daily journey of continual surrender, which gradually forms a consistent and glorious life of obedience to the Father’s will. This pattern reflects the example of Jesus Himself, who declared in John 5:30 that He did nothing on His own auspices  but He only carried out the will of the Father.

I conclude this word with encouragement from the Holy Spirit that as you walk in grace flowing from this word in daily dependence on the Holy Spirit, you will experience the mighty hand of the Lord actively working in your lives, by guiding you and empowering you to walk in the fulfilment His purposes for your life with the accompanying signs, wonders, and miracles Jesus said will follow your lives thus bringing glory to His name and a greater establishment of His Kingdom on earth.  

In the name of Jesus, may the Holy Spirit open your heart to the reality of how the simplicity and power of the grace made available through Christ works in your life. From now on you will no longer strive in your own strength to earn what Jesus has already secured for you through His sacrifice.

I declare that the righteousness of Christ Jesus will become your absolute confidence, your access, and your authority before the Lord as every burden of self-effort, condemnation, and religious striving is being lifted away from your life. 

I decree that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth, by strengthening you in your weakness, and directing your steps into the paths of pleasantness, peace and purpose in the Lord.

I declare that as you surrender daily to His leadership, your life will become increasingly fruitful and aligned with the will of the Father for your life so that what once seemed difficult will become possible through the power of the Holy Spirit working within you.

In Jesus name you will walk in the abundance of grace, empowering you to reign in life through Jesus Christ, and you will experience the mighty hand of God leading you each day in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.