Spirit of the Lord anoints us with power to be profitable servants. But what does He empower us
to do? He anoints us to preach the Gospel; to the bind up the brokenhearted; to set free those held
captive to sin; and to open the prison doors that kept them from the knowledge of God.

He was anointed with the Holy Spirit, which is God's strength, ability, and power. Then He went
bout doing good and cured all that were harassed and oppressed by the devil. We must follow His
example and walk in that same humility, because He first followed the Spirit into the wilderness to
face satan's in trials and temptations. He went without complaining and grumbling. Did you notice
that he went into the wilderness full of the Holy Spirit? Did you notice that He also came out of the
wilderness filled with the Holy Spirit and also with Power? Only then was He prepared to perform
the works of His Father.



Many Christians think that when we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, we are fully prepared to do the
works of God. Not so! There must be a wilderness experience of trials and tests to reveal whether
your heart is after God. Failures occur when we refuse to surrender to the Holy Spirit. We must
trust him to be with us in our trials, and he will be there as long as we avoid grumbling and
complaining. Then we enter into the victory of Jesus Christ and we are prepared to be a profitable
servant.

Can you make that commitment to endure the trials in the wilderness? Obedience and willingness
allows you to eat of the good of the land. You'll enjoy the fruits of your labor just as the profitable
servants did because joy comes with obedience.

God wants people who are willing to commit their lives to Him. In these last days, He will bless that
faithful remnant that is totally sold out to the Holy Spirit. He will bless them with the fullness of joy
because they will be in His presence, found at His right hand. 

His faithful remnant will be as the profitable servants. There will be no foreign gods among them.
They will not have a stubborn self will and they will do whatever God requires. They will have no
divisions among them. Nor will they boast about the churches or ministries that God appointed for
them. They will surely know the glory of the Lord, and it will be seen in them and upon them.



Those who commit their lives to Christ will be few in the last days. For only a few enter into the
narrow gate. God always uses a faithful remnant that is as fearless as a lion. They will do exploits
for Him and push through all opposition and not give up, without caring for their lives, as they glorify
God. They will remain hidden in His secret presence from the plots of their foes. All these blessings
will be theirs because they fear the Lord.


God reveals Himself to the committed ones who serve him. Through the Holy Spirit, He reveals
Himself in His written Word. He tells you the knowledge of Himself and He will point to nothing else
but the Truth in the Word of God. There are many false teachers who claim to have new revelations
from beyond the boundaries of Scriptures and from them we should flee. God sheds his light upon
His Word, making it clear, and He will not use counterfeit sources. Nor will you find His revelation
by running here and there, to and fro, to hear what He says. You'll learn to recognize His voice
through His Word, because "When He has brought out His own, He goes ahead of them, and His
sheep follow Him because they know his voice" (John 10:4).



When we hear His voice and do his work we are surely blessed. We enter the same joy as our
Lord experiences in heavenly realms. "My sheep listen to My voice; I know them and they follow
Me" (John 10:27). When we know His voice and follow him, He continues to pour out blessings in
abundance. "I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know His master's business.
Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made know to
you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will
last" (John 15:16).