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BEFORE THE NEWS, THE DAILY FOOD 

                      

Led By The Spirit

By Oswald J. Smith (1889 – 1986)

    “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.  And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.  So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed” (Acts 13:2-4).

    Thus the Holy Ghost called Barnabas and Saul, and thus He calls men today.  That is, if they are listening, if they are quiet before Him, if they have placed themselves at His disposal, and are led by Him.  Barnabas and Saul were ministering to the Lord.  They were praying and fasting. The world had been shut out.  They were waiting to know the mind of the Spirit.  When God’s children get into that attitude the Holy Ghost can make known His will and call those whom God chooses.

    But we are so busy.  There is so much rush and hurry.  We have never learned the importance of being still before Him.  He cannot get our ear.  We are unable to hear His voice.  Hence, we think we are in God’s will.  We hope our plan will be His, and we go at our own bidding and fail.

    Yet all the time the blessed Holy Ghost, a Person, with power to choose, speak and send, the One who ought to be recognized as Commander in our lives, is waiting, longing, eager to make known God’s plan for our ministry.  But we will not hear.

    Oh how active was the Holy Ghost in the days of the early church!  But that was because He was given His rightful place and recognized as the One in charge of the work.   How inactive He seems to be today.  This is because He has been slighted and ignored.  Man’s plans have claimed preference over His.  Man’s program has gotten in His way.  Self has usurped His place.  Hence, He can no longer choose and call, equip and send.

    But He is willing, and this is still His work.  He knows us all by name.  Oh may we yield to Him and obey, that God’s program may yet be carried out!

    What a revival followed in the early church!  Oh how churches sprang up!  Souls were saved everywhere.  The Gospel was the power of God unto salvation on every hand.  Saints were established and built up in the faith.  All because the Holy Ghost was recognized and His orders obeyed.

    Thank God, it can be so again.  He is still looking for men, men who will yield implicit obedience.  When He finds a man who will quietly wait until he gets his orders, who will listen to no voice but His, then there will be blessing indeed!

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