I Corinthians 2:12 “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”
Starting with salvation, our loving God has given to His children many things that are free. Of course, they are the best things you can have – and they are things that the world cannot possess. They include love, peace, joy, power, victory, guidance, a great future, and more.
As the above verse indicates, they all come to us through the Holy Spirit. But what many believers do not understand is that the Holy Spirit reveals them to us as we read the Word of God and listen to His Word preached and taught in church.
The many promises of God – more than 7,000 of them, are recorded in the Bible for us. Those who avoid reading and studying the Word of God miss out on God’s greatest blessings – which are free to those who faithfully serve Him.
II Peter 1:4 reveals what the many promises of God are for: “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” They are given so that we may have victory over the world, the flesh, and the Devil.
The victory that the promises of God wants us to have is not negative only – things that you do not do, but they are also positive – enabling us to do the things that God wants us to do. As we read and study the Word of God, the Spirit of God opens our minds to understand how we can apply and enjoy the blessings of the promises of God.
The power of God to enable us to please Him is much greater than most Christians realize. It is not a weak power, but He is “able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (Eph. 3:20). It is power beyond our capability to understand, with the result that if we “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Gal. 5:16).
Christian, are you enjoying the many free things that God wants to give you? If not, why not surrender afresh and confess sin right now so that you can?