January 3, 2021 Spirit Meat Devotional : Topic – IDENTIFY THE LEADER YOU ARE TO FOLLOW – Luke 3:21-22, 4:1; John 5:19; Romans 8:14
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God never leads His people from behind, but always from the front, whether it is an individual, a family, or a church. The key issue that you must deal with is “Who is my leader on this occasion?”; “Who is my leader at this time?” You must be able to personally answer that question because the key to life in the kingdom is to follow the leader. In Luke 3, remember that before Jesus started his ministry at age 30, he was the Son of God but he never did a miracle. He waited for the Holy Ghost to come and immediately after, the Bible says Jesus was led of the Spirit into the wilderness.
The first thing that happened between Jesus and the Holy Spirit was the settlement of the question of leadership. The secret of the success of Jesus’ ministry was that he followed his leader. Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise” (John 5:19). Before the Holy Spirit came, Jesus led himself but when the Spirit came, he understood that was his leader, and the Spirit led Him into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Many times, the Spirit led the apostles contrary to what they expected so much that when Jesus was about to go, He had to encourage them. You should always know who and what the leader is in different settings. If you follow the wrong leader, it can lead you into danger and destruction.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to see and identify who and what I am to follow in whatever setting I find myself in Jesus’ name. Amen!
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 5:1-7:24, Matthew 3:7-4:11, Psalm 3:1-8, Proverbs 1:10-19