Seeds of Wisdom

LEVEL OF YEILDING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

“Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar…. And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles.”

Ezekiel 47:1 & 3

Obedience to the Holy Spirit can be in four levels according to Ezekiel 47:1-5. These are the Ankle-deep, the Knee-deep, the Loins, and the River Experience.

At ANKLE-DEEP LEVEL

(Verse 1-3), a person will have total control over the Holy Spirit. A believer who is ankle-deep in the water of the Holy Ghost is a born-again person, but all that the person knows may not be more than just salvation. At this level, you are making decisions as if you are the leader. I tell people that when you truly make Jesus your Lord, technically, you should have made your last decision because from that time onwards, He makes the decisions, and you should carry them out. At this level, you will make heaven but with lots of “accidents” on the road of life since you are the one making the decisions. Here, you are just carnal and fleshly; it is all about yourself and your senses.

KNEE-DEEP LEVEL

(Verse 4-5); here the only difference between the knee level and the ankle level water is that your decisions are not carnal but soulish. You can craft a vision in your soul. A well-developed soul can reason and put some things down, but a vision is a picture of the complete state, and it is only God who can give a vision because He alone knows the complete state of everyone’s life. Allow the Holy Spirit to take charge and obey Him fully.

Further Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14, 47:1-12, John 16:4-13.

Prayer: Lord, I repent of every act of disobedience and partial obedience in following you, I make up my mind to yield totally to the Holy Spirit.