But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Acts 7:55.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
When you live pure, you live free, free from every encumbrance that would keep you from going forward to your high calling and free of the sin which so easily entangles you and gets you off course. But how can you do this in a world in which sin, evil, and darkness are trying to press in upon you? Only one way, focusing on a different realm that is forever and not subject to change where all is pure, good, and light.
The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness. If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.” Luke 11:34-36.
And how do you walk in the world yet walk in a different realm? You walk according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh. You walk by faith and not by sight. You set your mind above, where you are seated in the Spirit with Christ at My right hand, and not below in the dirt where the devil crawls. In everything you look for life and not death, for the blessing and not the curse, for the light and not the darkness.
For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:5-6.
It is a matter of where you focus your attention and this determines what you are full of. I direct you to keep your eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith. He is My Word, so now, since He is no longer here according to the flesh, you see Him in the Word. And that was the way the disciples on the Road to Emmaus recognized Him on the day I raised Him from the dead. If you once knew Him only according to the flesh, like the priests and scribes of Jesus’ day, you know Him that way no longer. And focusing only on the flesh and nothing beyond caused the religious leaders to miss the salvation that is in Him.
Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:16-19.
My eyes are too pure to look on evil. That is why I looked away from Jesus on the Cross, He became sin for you so that in Him you become righteous with My own righteousness. He reconciled My gaze unto you by pulling all that divides us out onto Him.
You will note that when I talk of those who were chosen as leaders in the early days of the church I am looking for those full of faith and full of the Holy Spirit.
The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch. And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them. Acts 6:5-6.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing My Word, especially My Word about all you have in Christ, and I pour My love, My divine life, into your heart by the gift of the Holy Spirit. Full of My Word and full of My Spirit, full of truth and full of divine life, and thus full of glory, which is My immense power exercised in love producing goodness and eradicating evil. And that is a pure life, which is a life filled with glory. And a pure life is a powerful life for it is lived in, with, and through Me by Word and Spirit. Satan and his unclean spirits can find no place in a pure heart.
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. Little children, guard yourselves from idols. 1 John 5:19-21.
So if even though you believe in Jesus as the risen Lord your life is getting pulled into place of fear, confusion, depression, shame, disappointment, darkness, or other areas of impurity it is time for you to stop grieving the Holy Spirit and instead get filled with the Holy Spirit and the joy that comes with that fullness till it overflows!
And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52.
This was not just now and then when all the circumstances were perfect, it was CONTINUAL, even in the midst of opposition, adversity, and persecution. Why? They were looking in a different realm and in that realm you have more wisdom than your peers, your elders, and your teachers who are of the worldly realm only, no matter how accomplished they are in the fleshly realm, for you see things they do not, you see from My perspective. My thoughts are higher than your thoughts and My ways are higher than your ways, but My thoughts and ways are accessible to you in My Spirit. And the fuller you are of the Holy Spirit, the more you are full of Me, and the more full of Me you are, the more joy you have. Faithful in little matters I promote you to greater and My joy becomes yours until our joy is complete.
When you were born again from above by receiving My Word in Jesus, your spirit became alive to Me and My Holy Spirit came to dwell within your spirit and your spirit in My Spirit, in other words, we joined together in reconciliation as one in Jesus where humanity and divinity are bonded together as one. And that is the gift Jesus came to give you for in the Spirit you became partakers of My divine nature and receive eternal life that will raise you up to the spirit realm permanently. But the good news is you can live in the realm even now while in the world but not of the world and its corruption and lust.
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. 2 Peter 1:2-4.
You can walk in a higher flow, the flow of Heaven, which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. And you get there by going through the cleansing of the blood of Christ, the washing in the water of the Word, and then being filled with the Holy Spirit. So you see I speak the end from the beginning: the Spirit, the water, and the blood.
It is very desirable to be constantly and consistently waking in the fullness of the Spirit. How do you do that? I tell you but most do not do it. But let us start with the basics:
First you must take Jesus as your Lord and believe that all your sins are gone in Him, which was ratified and verified when I raised Him from the dead. Next, you ask Me for the gift of the Holy Spirit and I pour Him out on you through Jesus, who baptizes you in the Holy Spirit and fire! The Holy Spirit witnesses to Jesus and baptizes you as a new creation in Jesus and then Jesus baptizes you and renews your mind in the Holy Spirit.
Peter gave you an indication of how to receive and be full of the Spirit, when the chief priests and elders persecuted him for preaching about Jesus, he told them, “And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” Acts 5:32.
If you love Me you will obey My Word, and the purer you become in obedience to My Word that is who you will become: pure and holy like Me. The Holy Spirit in you guides you to all truth and My Word is truth and sanctifies you and sets you apart as Holy.
My Words are Spirit and life.
And you see in corporate prayer of agreement, the place shook and all got filled with the Holy Spirit. If you will note, one filling is not enough, seek to get filled constantly so you live pure and have the peace and joy Jesus has already made yours. And I tell you how to be constantly filled:
Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of and redeeming your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourself and one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father. Ephesians 5:15-20.
To be filled with the Holy Spirit is not through outward drugs or alcohol to give you joy, it is tapping into that wellspring of living water that bubbles up in your born again spirit from My throne and pours into the well spring of your heart, filling it up to overflowing, leaping up to eternal life, until it runs out of your innermost being to cover the earth with the knowledge of My glory as the waters cover the sea.
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:37-39.
With joy you will draw water at the springs of Salvation (Yeshuah). Now, I will tell you the secret of staying constantly filled with the Holy Spirit and it is My Will for you in Christ Jesus for it is the only way to live pure and to live in pure joy constantly for it makes you an overcomer and more than a conqueror: Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and give constant thanks.
Faith rejoices because in every circumstance or challenge it has the answer from the truth of My Word that can make every contrary fact line up with the truth. If an unclean spirit of sickness shows up to steal your health, you can laugh as you rebuke it with the truth of My healing and life giving Words that I am the LORD who heals you, that I forgive all your sins and heal all your ills, that by the stirpes of Jesus you are and were healed, and that My Will is to be done on earth as it is in Heaven and I am very clear that there is no sickness or pain in Heaven. And this would go for any area of your life that the devil tries to steal, kill or destroy what I have already given you in Christ.
Hope is a constant expectation of the good I have promised and is sure and steadfast as an anchor in My throne room of grace. And it expresses itself in our continual communication of prayer, where you receive mercy and find grace just when you need it. I am an ever present help in time of trouble for I have already looked ahead and provided the solution. You just need to access it by confident and constant prayer.
Love gives thanks and is constantly leaning upon and looking with gratitude to the provision of the Beloved. The voice of thanksgiving works wonders. It is the atomic bomb of praise that takes down every enemy and flattens any mountain in your way. 2 Chronicles 20. You can always praise your way to victory for I am enthroned upon you praises and My banner over you is love. Love never fails.
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24.
If you pick up your listless self and rejoice in My Covenant Names (the LORD your healer, the LORD who looks ahead and provides, the LORD your good Shepherd, the LORD your righteousness, the LORD is shalom, the LORD your deliverer, the LORD your helper, the LORD your refuge, and there are many more) that take down any trial you face, pray to get wisdom and revelation, direction, comfort, edification, exhortation and encouragement constantly in the sweet fellowship won for us by Jesus, and constantly be mindful of the wonders I am doing and have done for you, giving grateful thanks for all My benefits so you do not leave out even one (Psalm 103:1-5), you will always walk in the fullness of the Spirit, which is the life of blessing, and not in the realm of the flesh, which is the life of the curse. You choose and you do it by putting your attention in the right place, which is the place of grace in the Kingdom realm of the Spirit.
I love you. I keep My Word and you have the joy of doing the same and it will give you the best life, a life without limits, for My love has no limits, it is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea. It is unfathomable but you can have it all. If that does not give you joy in the Holy Spirit you just do not understand what I have freely given you in Christ. Take it now and don’t delay, not even one more day. This life on earth is short, eternity is very long, why don’t you spend your day with Me singing a happy song? Love gives you joy all the day. The more you sing and make melody to Me in your heart the fuller of the Spirit you become.