
𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘴 5:1-3
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘚𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘢, 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
How did Peter know that Ananias and Sapphira had kept back some of the funds? It was impossible for him to know because the couple did it in secret. Peter wasn’t there when they sold the property. ᴡᴇʟʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ sᴘɪʀɪᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ.
I am amazed to see the honour Peter gives to the Holy Spirit. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅. No wonder, Peter was used mightily by God in His days. The same Holy Spirit lives and dwells in you. As He helped Peter in his ministry, He will help you in whatever you are doing whether it’s sports, service or business. What Peter did was not mind reading, it was supernatural. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍. ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ sᴘɪʀɪᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ ᴋᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ᴀ sᴜᴘᴇʀɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ʟɪғᴇ.
The first step in walking with the Holy Spirit is being aware of His presence and acknowledging Him. Give Him honour and glory in you day-to-day walk. Communicate with Him – 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 – listen to what He says and follow Him for He is your Leader!
𝓐𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓸𝓵𝔂 𝓢𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 – 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓱𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓮𝓭𝓾𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮. 𝓞𝓱, 𝓗𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷.