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As
the Spirit Wills
By Rev.
Kenneth E. Hagin
But
all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every
man severally as he will. (1 Cor. 12:11)
The
gifts of the Spirit are listed in First Corinthians 12. These gifts
belong to the Church, and are manifested through individuals as the
Spirit wills, not as man wills.
I have had them manifest through me at times, and at other times, I
would try to manifest these gifts myself. I would push every button,
pull every lever, say everything I had said before, but nothing would
happen. Why? Because the Spirit and the anointing weren't present to
manifest these gifts.
First Corinthians 12:8 says, "For to one is given by the Spirit...." No
man controls the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit; the
manifestation is given as the Spirit wills.
I have been in meetings where people ministered with the word of
knowledge or the gifts of healing. The minister would only call out four
or five people, because he can't go beyond what the Lord says to him.
When I ministered to that sinner man in east Texas, the Lord initiated
that. Well, why didn't the Lord initiate something else there to
minister to others by a gift of the Spirit? I don't know; I'm not God. I
don't know everything, but I'm going to stay open to Him and do my best
to listen to Him.
I love it when the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit operates
through me. If it were up to me, I would manifest them more frequently.
And that's just the reason God doesn't leave the manifestations up to us
- we would be like kids with little red wagons!
All we'd want to do is run up and down in front of the house, pulling
our wagon and showing off. No, the manifestation of the gifts is as God
wills, not as we will.
But if God doesn't initiate something on His own, I'm going to initiate
something by telling people what the Word of God says. I can get them to
initiate healing by their faith, because healing belongs to them.
Confession I'm so glad that healing belongs to me. I'm so glad that
I can initiate healing through faith by acting on God's Word.
(Taken by permission from
RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Tulsa , OK , USA.
www.rhema.org )
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