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What does it mean to let the Holy Spirit lead you?
Letting the Holy Spirit lead you means yielding your thoughts, actions, and decisions to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who is believed to be God’s presence within believers. This involves prayer, discernment, and obedience to biblical principles, allowing the Spirit to direct your life in alignment with God's will. Christians view this as essential for spiritual growth and moral living. For more details, see the Wikipedia article on the Holy Spirit in Christianity.
How can you recognize the guidance of the Holy Spirit in daily life?
Recognizing the guidance of the Holy Spirit involves paying attention to inner promptings, peace regarding decisions, and alignment with biblical teachings. The Holy Spirit often leads through scripture, prayer, wise counsel, and circumstances. Christians believe that the Spirit produces qualities such as love, joy, and patience, which serve as indicators of His leading. For scriptural references, see Galatians 5:22-25 on BibleGateway.
What are practical steps to follow the Holy Spirit’s leading?
Practical steps to follow the Holy Spirit’s leading include regular prayer, studying the Bible, and seeking wise counsel from mature believers. Being attentive to conviction or peace about decisions, and remaining open to God’s direction, also help. Reflecting on your motives and ensuring they align with biblical values is crucial. Consistent spiritual practices, such as worship and fellowship, further enable believers to discern and follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance in everyday situations.
Here are two important questions for you to answer. First, at some time, have you heard the message that you must be born again? Undoubtedly, your answer is yes. So here is my second question: Have you ever had clear, practical, systematic teaching on how to be led by the Holy Spirit?
Your answers to those questions lay bare one of the root problems of the Church. Many people who have been born again have never been taught how to be led by the Spirit. They get into the Kingdom of God, and they stumble around and never move into their callings. Why? Because they have never received needed teaching on how to be led by the Holy Spirit.
My own inexpert summation of Church history is that for nearly twenty centuries we have been trying to find a system so safe we do not have to trust the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, there is no such system. And the riskiest thing you can ever do in the long run is cease trusting the Holy Spirit.
Religious leaders are afraid of anything they cannot themselves control. But anything that religious leaders can control does not have the power to do what is needed. Many people feel it is dangerous to rely on the Holy Spirit. In a certain sense, it is. You could draw wrong conclusions, for instance, and be wrong in your actions. It has happened before. But I want to tell you, it is much more dangerous not to rely on the Holy Spirit.
The new life is also one that is directed by the Holy Spirit. When you receive Jesus as your personal Savior by faith, you are born of the Spirit of God. You become a tiny infant in God’s family. But to grow up into a mature son or daughter in His Kingdom, there is a further process: being led by the Spirit of God.