The other things that I might suggest that the Lord has been getting on my case about is stop talking about the things that he has done wrong.
Okay he stayed out all night without a call. You got a call this morning and he was cheery with your son. So don't try to examine it and try to figure it out. You can analyze it to death like I have and ten chances to one, you are way off base as to why.
Yes, you do see the differences, note them in your head and then just keep praising the Lord for the changes that you are seeing. You will be surprised as to how different things will look.
This is just a suggestion because that is what the Lord has been leading me to do lately and I tell you what, it is a whole different feeling when you start doing that. Then your mind and eyes are not set on him, but they are set on what the Lord has been doing.
This is what I learned last night as I was reading. I will give you the information and see if that doesn't help to explain better what I'm trying to say.
Nothing to Hinder the Anointing
No wonder the Bible calls love the more excellent path to God's power! The more we walk in love, the freer we are from fear and the more fully the Anointing of Jesus can manifest itself through us. When fear is gone there is nothing in us to hinder or interrupt the flow.
That's why Jesus said what He did to Jairus in Luke 8. Jairus had thrown himself at Jesus' feet and asked Him to come minister to his daughter who was at the point of death. He was making a demand on the manifestation of Jesus' Anointing. He was expecting Him to go straight to his house, operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and raise his daughter up.
On the way to Jairus' home, however, Jesus was delayed by a woman who came to Him to be healed of an issue of blood. By the time He had finished ministering to her, Jairus ahd received word that his daughter was already dead. "But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole" (verse 50).
Fear Not! Those were the first words out of Jesus' mouth in that desperate situation. Why? Because He knew fear would contaminate Jairus' faith and stop the flow of the anointing.
In essence, Jesus was saying to Jairus, "If you allow fear to get in you, you're going to block the flow of My Anointing. Even if I go home with you, I won't be able to do much for you. So fear not, believe only!"
Jesus is saying the same thing to us today. After all, the manifestations of the Holy Spirit operate now exactly as they did back then. There aren't two Holy Spirits--one that worked in Jesus' day and another that works today. No, He's the same yesterday, today and forever. So for Him to manifest Himself fully through us, we must keep our faith uncontaminated. We must keep growing in love until we flush fear completely out of our lives. Then the Anointing of Jesus can flow freely through us.
