Daily Word

God’s Will

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour. —1 Thessalonians 4:3–4

Many people desire to know God’s will for their lives. They search and seek to find what God’s will is for them in the body of Christ: Pastor? Teacher? Prophet? Music minister? Usher? Helps minister? But until you allow God to complete His immediate will in your life, you will not be able to fulfill your call. His desire is your sanctifica tion, that you may possess your vessel in sanctification and honor. God desires that you live a sanctified life here on the earth. You are now a new creation, created after God in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24). Your spirit was instantly sanctified at the new birth, but now a process of sanctifying, or separating your soul and body from the old to the new, is taking place. The Word will separate you from wrong thinking to God-thinking, from wrong living to God-living, from wrong talking to God-talking, from natural results to God-results. Your destiny is to be wholly separated to God—spirit, soul, and body. Notice that this is for everyone, not just a select few! God, through His Spirit and His Word, will teach you how to live in your body, right here on this earth, in separation to the plans and purposes of God. You are sanctified, and you are being sanctified by the God of peace.

God’s Desire

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly. —1 Thessalonians 5:23

Once you are born again, the God of peace goes to work to sanctify you. To sanctify means to separate from and to separate to. At the new birth, you were separated from sin, from evil, and from the curse; you were separated to righteousness, to good, and to God. God desires to sanctify you wholly—your spirit, soul, and body. Paul states in 1 Corinthians 6:11 that you are sanctified! And again, in 1 Corinthians 1:2, “To them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus.” Well, are we now, or are we being sanctified? Which one is it? When you received Jesus as Lord and Savior, you were immediately sanctified. But that sanctification, that separation, only took place in the spirit, in the real you. Now, through His Word and His Spirit, His desire is to sanctify your soul and your body to the things of God. The only change that took place in the miracle of the new birth is in your spirit—your soul (mind, will, and emotions) and your body remained the same. Through the renewing of your mind on the Word of God, He will separate the whole you to God and to the things of God. This is when you will experience life—and life more abundantly. In Him you will see the power of God flow out of your life. He started a work in your spirit; now He desires to sanctify you wholly—spirit, soul, and body.

Claim Your Inheritance, Now!

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. —Romans 8:17

When you were born into the kingdom of God, you became an heir of God. You became the inheritor of all that Jesus paid for on the cross. You are not only an heir, but the Bible says you are a joint heir. Jesus was made alive; you were made alive. He was seated at the right hand of God; you were seated. He was given all authority in heaven and earth; you were given all authority in heaven and earth. He rules and reigns; you are to rule and reign. He is the Son of God, anointed by the Spirit; you are now a son of God, anointed by the Spirit. You do not receive these things when you die; you received them when He died. They are available to the body of Christ today. If you believe these spiritual inheritances, talk of them, and live in them, you will suffer persecution, not only from the world, but also from other Christians who are afraid to believe their wonderful inheritance. Why are they afraid to believe? Because they are still children who are not led by the Holy Spirit into truth, but are led by the natural circumstances. They will not believe they have anything until they see it. But they will never see it because you can only see it when you believe it! Jesus said if you believe, you will see the glory of God (John 11:40)! Don’t try to figure it out or think it out; just get in the Word and believe the wonderful inheritance that is yours in Christ.

It’s Who You Are!

 . . . but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. —Romans 8:15

You have received the Spirit of adoption, or the Spirit who places you in the position of a son. A child of God is always waiting for God to do something, but a son knows he has already been placed in a state of victory in God. He is not waiting on God to heal, and bless, and deliver him, but he knows God has given him a healed, blessed, and delivered position. He is not waiting for God to send Jesus to the cross again to help him, but he is believing what God has already done and has provided for him. God has healed him with the stripes, blessed him with every spiritual blessing, and sent His Word and already delivered him (1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:3; Psalm 107:20)! He is no longer complaining about his problems and what God is not doing, but he is crying, “Abba, Father,” because he has been placed in the position of a son. The basis for this relationship to God is not his own performance but the performance of Jesus, who made him a new creation and a son of God. He is now standing fast in the truth or liberty with which Christ has made him free! He is no longer entangled in the yoke of bondage to fear (Galatians 5:1; Hebrews 2:15). He has moved into the “I am” realm: I am healed! I am blessed! I am a son of God! I am led by the Spirit! Are you?