This past Christmas as I was meditating on Luke chapters one and two, the Holy Spirit directed my attention to chapter one verses 39-45. Notice that when Mary went to visit Elizabeth and called to her, the baby ( John the Baptist) leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was FILLED with the Holy Ghost. And she cried out with a loud voice and said ” Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb !” Now look at verse :45…..” And blessed is she that believed; FOR THERE SHALL BE A PERFORMANCE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE TOLD HER FROM THE LORD ! When a person is filled with the Spirit of God, He will use you like a loudspeaker, a megaphone, to announce some things ! A person will begin to proclaim some things with a LOUD VOICE, in this passage it was ” Get ready world , there’s going to be a performance like never seen before ” A virgin birth, and the child will be the Savior of the world! ” I was reminded of Psalms 57: 2…. ” I will cry unto God MOST HIGH; unto God that PERFORMS all things for me ” The Holy Ghost shouted ” Blessed is she that BELIEVED !” As an act of the ” God kind of faith”, Mary believed the word and recieved it in her spirit by faith as a seed, saying ” be it unto me according to thy word” We all have this capability to believe Gods word and conceive in our spirit! She declared ” He that is mighty has done to me great things” Now what evidence did she have? None, she simply believed the word and the Holy Spirit then made His announcement, ” There’s going to be a performance! ” Remember the account in Matthew 14: 14-21… how the multitudes were fed with five loaves and two fishes? Jesus told the disciples there was no need for them to depart, ” you give them something to eat ” They said ” we have here but five loaves and two fishes ” He said ” bring it to me “…… then He COMMANDED the multitude to sit down on the grass, took the loaves and fishes, and looking up to heaven He blessed and brake them and gave them to the disciples and the disciples to the people. We know the rest of the story, they were all FILLED and there was much left over ! Notice what Jesus did…. He commanded everyone to sit down, get comfortable, relax, there’s going to be a PERFORMANCE, A COMMAND PERFORMANCE and you all have VIP seating ! Faith performs ! Faith fulfils ! Faith Commands ! As I rejoiced and meditated these scriptures, the Holy Spirit said ” Read Philippians 1: 6 ” ” Being CONFIDENT of this very thing, ( you could say being full of faith, being fully persuaded and sure of this very thing) What thing ? ” That He which has begun a good work in you WILL PERFORM IT until the day of Jesus Christ ! If there is anything we need to be confident of it’s this, Jesus is the author and the finisher of our faith, He promises that He will perfect it , He will honor it, He will PERFORM every act of faith right up until the day He returns !!!
COMMAND PERFORMANCE
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