And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; (Isaiah 11:2)
The first of the seven spirits mentioned by the prophet Isaiah is the spirit of the Lord. This is also known as the spirit of Lordship or the spirit of dominion. Many Christians know little or nothing about this spirit. He’s the one who always “rest upon” or “comes upon”. He’s the one who anoints you with power for service. Everytime you find Him described in both the Old and New Testaments, He always “Come upon”.
The spirit of the Lord gives you boldness and the sense of dominion. He puts you in charge of situations. This was what the prophets of old needed whenever they stood to declare God’s word before kings whom they would ordinarily have been afraid of.
Whenever they needed boldness to dominate their circumstances or to speak God’s word without fear or timidity, the spirit of the Lord came upon them and empowered them. Often, you’ll read concerning the prophets, “And the spirit of the Lord was upon him” That was the spirit of Lordship in operation. He took charge and the one before whom they stood could do nothing against them.
He’s the reason Elijah could go around looking for the notoriously wicked king Ahab to deliver God’s message of judgment to him. Ahab, on seeing Elijah, exclaimed, “Have you found me, oh my enemy!” “Yes, I’ve found you, for you’re the enemy of
When God called Moses and sent him to Pharaoh with the message: “Let my people go!” he didn’t think he could do it, and he started giving God excuses. But God’s grace prevailed and the spirit of the Lord came upon him. It wasn’t the signs God showed Moses that gave him boldness to go before Pharaoh as much as the spirit of the Lord that came upon him.
When he got to Pharaoh’s palace, he said. “Thus saith the Lord God of
Pharaoh sneered, “Who is your God?” But that was the worst he could do. He couldn’t order Moses summary execution, which normally would have been his immediate response to such effrontery. Moses was moved to challenge him by the spirit of the Lord. When Joshua was about to take over the reins of leadership of Israel from Moses it was the spirit of the Lord who assured him and said, “No one will able to oppose you as long as you live, for I will be with you just as I was with Moses; I will not abandon you or fail to help you” (Joshua 1:5 TLB).
He also told him’ ‘Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9NKJV). He said to Paul, “Don’t be afraid! Speak out! Don’t quit! For I am with you and no one can harm you. Many people here in this city belong to me” (Acts 18:9-10 TLB) This emboldened Paul and he “…stayed there the next year and a half, teaching the truths of God” (Acts18:11).
In the old testament, the spirit of the Lord came upon a young prophet named Azariah, and he prophesied God’s word to the king and the entire nation:
“And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.” (2Chronicles 15:1-2).
Azariah and many other prophets stand before kings and rulers and spoke boldly to them because the spirit of the Lord came upon them. In the New covenant, Paul tells us “God hath not given us the spirit of fear (or timidity); but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2Timothy 1:7).
If you’ve received that Holy spirit to live in you, you’re no longer ordinary. You have the boldness of God in you to do anything that is consistent with His will. That’s what we’ve got, but many of us haven’t understood or taken advantage of this, because we haven’t really walked with the spirit of the Lord as we should.
There’s a special anointing the spirit of the Lord brings with Him. We see this anointing in operation when He visit prophet Ezekiel: “As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.” (Ezekiel 1:28).
Ezekiel saw the glory of the Lord and he fell flat on his face, completely overwhelmed by his awesome presence. Now watch what happens next.
“And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2. Son of man, set thy face toward
The Lord said, “Get up on your feet, I want to talk to you” and Ezekiel recounted that when He said that, the spirit entered him and set him on his feet.
This is a special operation of the spirit of the Lord. He wasn’t with Ezekiel before this time, but when He came, he entered him from the outside and set him upon his feet. He does that for us from time to time.
Have you ever been in a state where you thought you were just too weak and tired to pray? Still you made an attempt to mumble a few words of prayer: “Father I thank you for the day. Thank you in Jesus name Name …” and you spoke in tongue a little. Then you heard the spirit say, ‘Get up and pray!” It sounded rather authoritative, but you thought to yourself, ‘God understands I’m really tired, and continued mumbling weakly in tongues. But the next thing you knew, you were wide awake, pacing the floor, speaking so powerfully in other tongues, and you didn’t have a clue how it happened.
That was the spirit of the Lord at work. He entered you and set you upon your feat, just as He did Ezekiel!
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