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If the Spirit is capable of giving us the very words we need to speak in the moment
that such words are necessary, then how will He not also give us guidance in every
decision and in every judgment? Yahshua is instructing the saints to not try to decide
for themselves what they will say. They are not to apply their human reasoning to
such matters and judge what would be appropriate. He is instead telling them to
yield themselves to the Spirit in that moment. We are to practice such yielded lives
moment by moment.

Our senses and our rational mind will not lead us to the will of God for us. They
stand as an obstacle to a true walk of faith in most instances. Some years back I
attended a church where a pastor had been called to shepherd the body and lead
them into the things of God. The Lord allowed me to have a close relationship with
this man, and, after he had been at this church for about a year, he asked me to
accompany him on an overnight stay to some type of teaching event. We shared a
room together and were able to share things that were on our hearts.

This man had a wife and three children and they were all living in small rented
quarters. He shared with me that he had a desire to purchase a house in a town
closer to the church, but that he had been holding off because he was unsure of his
future and the future of the church. His decision to remain in his small rented
quarters was arrived at by examining things with his senses and making a rational
decision.

The Spirit strongly convicted me that the decision of this pastor was a carnal
decision, and that if he did not have faith for God to do a work through this body of
believers, that as a shepherd of the people he would be unable to lead them into the
plans God had for them. The Spirit showed me that the issue of the house that this
man desired was something God had brought him to in order to reveal the unbelief
in his heart. If he could not trust God to work through this people, and this lack of
trust was keeping him from purchasing the home he desired, then his unbelief would
have a disastrous effect upon the body. The Spirit led me to share with this man
concerning these things, and he felt the conviction of the Spirit.

Not long afterwards this pastor came to me and shared that the Spirit had convicted
him in this matter, and that he had decided, as an act of faith in God’s desire and
willingness to work through this people, to buy a house in the community. He was
excited about this decision because it was a desire of his heart to have a home, and
he knew the witness of the Spirit in it.

The Spirit led him to a beautiful house in a nice neighborhood. The house was a
dream home to him, far beyond what he had expected to find, and I was myself