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\u201cBut ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things\u201d. <\/em>\u00a0\u00a01 John 2:20<\/p>\n How many times have you made a decision in life based upon your best judgment and wisdom and then after you experience the results of that choice you realized that there were other factors involved? And that had you known them you would have altered actions and done things differently.\u00a0 You find yourself thinking, \u201cIf only I had known this, I would have made a different decision!\u201d\u00a0 This is why the old saying which says hindsight is twenty\/twenty adage is still in vogue.\u00a0 I suppose we find comfort in those words, but it is a cheap consolation compared to having had made the correct decision at the onset and thus avoiding the resulting complications. \u00a0But what can we expect; we are only human, right?<\/p>\n Well, the truth is that in reality we are not \u201conly\u201d human!\u00a0 We are composed of a triune confluence of spirit, soul, and body.\u00a0 So, for those of us that are saved by the atonement of Jesus\u2019 blood we are truly one-third spirit and that spirit, once it is born again, is incorruptible.\u00a0 Your spirit cannot get any holier than it already is. Right now it is pure in Jesus and always will be, even when our natural parts (soul and body) fail.\u00a0 This never changes the Holy Spirit that resides in your spirit.\u00a0 The fact of the matter is that we are not only human.\u00a0 When we use that phrase it is nothing more than an excuse to fail, to live beneath the level of expectation that the Lord has for us.\u00a0 It is true that in the natural we are faulty and only human so that when we make choices for our life based solely on our own nature we will often fall short because we do not see all things in the natural.\u00a0 But as a believer in Jesus Christ, you can expect more and walk in greater success.\u00a0 This is exactly what Jesus would like to see in each one of us.<\/p>\n Because that one-third of who we are is spirit and because the Holy Spirit is constantly residing inside everyone who is born again, we have the insights and the ability to discern things that we could not otherwise.\u00a0 When you have a decision to make in your life, there is an unction from the Holy Spirit that is inside of you which will lead you down the right path.\u00a0 The Holy Spirit will show you things that you would otherwise never be able to see or expect on your own.\u00a0 This is a wonderful gift that has been given to us and sadly very few of us ever put this gift to work in our lives.\u00a0 In fact, we usually disregard the operation of this gift on daily basis and simply try to live our life based upon our own wisdom and experience.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know about you, but for me, that approach has constantly let me down.<\/p>\n When you are pondering the matters and concerns of your life, learn to listen to that voice that is from the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Learn to discern the unction of His leading you to wise choices that bring you to positions of overcoming rather than being overcome by our bad choices.\u00a0 You may think that this does not happen to you, but it does. You simply have to learn to recognize it.\u00a0 How many times have you made a choice and afterward, when it did not work out, you said to yourself or to someone else, \u201cI just knew that was wrong when I did it\u201d.\u00a0 That is the evidence of having felt the unction, but trusted in your natural ability instead.<\/p>\n You can know all things according to today\u2019s verse!\u00a0 You can through the Holy Spirit that is in you.\u00a0 The more you trust that unction the easier it is to hear it.\u00a0 Expect more from your life, He does.\u00a0 After all, you are not just human!<\/p>\n J Todd Hostetler<\/p>\n