In my communion time with the Precious Holy Spirit, I received a deeply personal reflection on my relationship with the Holy Spirit who has become my closest, dearest Friend, Helper, and wonderful Counselor. During this time, the Holy Spirit revisited truths He had taught me years earlier,deep truths that I have already lived by and enjoyed, but He went on to illuminate, more comprehensive dimensions of glory on those same truths which I had not seen before.
These refinements brought me far greater freedom, deeper peace, increased joy, and a more settled soul, which I can only define as the full alignment of my mind, will, emotions, and intellect with the Lord, just as Jesus was perfectly aligned with the Father in spirit, soul and body.
This process is clearly defined in 1 Peter.1:9 which speaks of the end of faith as the saving of the soul. This inward alignment of my heart or spirit with my mind, my will, my emotions and my intellect became the central focus of what the Holy Spirit was addressing in me.
The Holy Spirit then asked me a probing question saying why are you still offended by situations, people, and events? I had understood from having studied Luke 17:1 that offenses are inevitable in life several years earlier.
This truth had brought me freedom from offenses I expected, which I handled quickly, handed over to the Lord, and did not allow their impact to linger or disrupt my spiritual focus. It meant that responsibility was left with the offender, while I chose to move on without allowing internal disturbance.
However, the Holy Spirit’s question was not for information but for self-awareness and a deeper level of freedom. This reality prompted me to ask myself what truly triggers offense or anger in me, especially over seemingly minor issues that suddenly provoked disproportionate reactions.
This enabled me to realize there was an unresolved internal process within me. The Holy Spirit then revealed how the Lord Himself views offense and how He responds to it, not only to accomplish His purposes but also to heal the emotions of His people.
The Lord revealed that if He allowed Himself to be offended by the daily actions of humanity, His will would never be accomplished on the earth. Human disobedience, distraction, and failure often derail what the Lord begins, forcing Him to rework plans, not because He is weak, or unable to complete what He starts but because He insists on partnering with humanity. Yet despite the constant provocation of men, the Lord refuses to abandon His redemptive purpose.
This truth is illustrated clearly in Genesis 6:5–8, where the Lord saw that the wickedness of humanity was great and that every intent of the human heart was continually evil. The Lord was grieved in His heart and declared judgment to destroy men from the earth, yet Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
The Holy Spirit explained that although the Lord had every reason to be offended and abandon humanity, He chose redemption over offense. Satan with all his evil influence on man could not move the Lord from His purpose, and as such man’s failure did not nullify the Lord’s plan.
The Holy Spirit further revealed that if He counted every wrongdoing we committed daily, He could not do good to His people. So counting our wrongdoing would negate His promises, contradict His own Word, and invalidate His Kingdom plan to be established on earth as it is in heaven.
A divine plan that requires human participation. Therefore, the Lord chooses to forget our sins, and remembers them no more, by casting them into the sea of forgetfulness because to continually destroy man would be a loss to the Lord and a victory for satan, suggesting that the Lord could not fulfil His purpose.
This revelation deeply impacted my heart process, leading me to make firm resolutions never to allow offense, fleshly reactions, or emotional weaknesses to aid satan in disrupting the Lord’s plan. The wonderful reality is that through the grace given in Jesus Christ, these weaknesses of heart reaction can be overcome.
The Holy Spirit shared many instances where the Lord had every justification to withdraw from His plan for men because of human behavior, yet He persisted in executing His plan and He now calls His people to respond in the same way, acting in ways that promote Lord’s purposes rather than the enemy’s agenda.
In conclusion to this word the Holy Spirit gave a strong exhortation: that we as followers of Jesus must stop allowing offense from people to rob them of the Lord’s best. The actions or words of others, whether spouse, child, colleague, or anyone else must not be allowed to spoil our time with the Lord, derail our day, or sabotage the Lord’s prearranged agenda for our day.
Offense the Holy spirit pointed out is a spiritual thief emerging from satan, and so refusing it to take root in our hearts requires us making it a deliberate act of alignment with the Lord’s heart on how to respond spiritually to remain triumphant in all things.
I declare over you in the Name of Jesus Christ that grace flowing from this word is released to empower you to guard your heart from offense. I declare that your soul comes into deeper alignment with the will of God so that no word, action, or circumstance will derail the Lord’s purpose for your life. You will not aid the enemy through wounded emotions or fleshly reactions.
In Jesus name you will walk in peace, joy, and settled assurance as the grace of the Lord will keep you from stumbling and present you faultless, until every good thing the Lord has ordained for your life is fully accomplished, revealing the might and glory of Jesus on your behalf in Jesus’ Name. Amen.