136 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
you.
The Spirit and the Sorcerer
Isn't it time that you allow the Spirit to order your
steps? Why attempt to plan your own course when He
knows every inch of the road ahead, every dangerous curve,
every pothole. That's what the Christians at Antioch
learned. "As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the
Holy Spirit said, 'Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul
for the work to which I have called them'" (Acts 13:2).
They responded immediately: "So, being sent out by the
Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there
they sailed to Cyprus" (v. 4).
The disciples were doing the work of the Father, but
who sent them? They received direct instructions from the
Spirit. And during their journey the Holy Ghost never
stopped working. He even gave them power over a false
prophet.
Elymas was a Jewish sorcerer and a magician. He tried
to stop what the power of God was doing on Cyprus. But,
"Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,
looked intently at [Elymas] and said, 'O full of all deceit
and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all
righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight
ways of the Lord?'" (Acts 13:9-10).
What an indictment! In fact, the Spirit was so strong on
Paul that he told the sorcerer he would become blind. And
he did. But as a direct result people began turning to Christ,
"And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all
the region" (Acts 13:49). "And the disciples were filled
with joy and with the Holy Spirit" (v. 52).
You ask, "Should I allow the Holy Spirit to make all the
decisions? After all, didn't God give me a mind of my