The Lamp of
the Lord
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the
sons of God.
—Romans 8:14
The Spirit itself [Himself] beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God.
—Romans 8:16
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all
the inward parts of the belly.
—Proverbs
20:27
Children of God can expect to be led by the Spirit of God.
Another translation of Proverbs 20:27 reads, "The spirit
of man is the lamp of the Lord...." Had this verse been written today it
might have read, "The spirit of man is the light bulb of the Lord."
What it means is this: God will enlighten us—He will guide us—through our
spirits.
Many times, however, we seek guidance by means other than the
way God said. When we do, we get into trouble. We sometimes judge how God is
leading by what our physical senses tell us. But nowhere does God say that God
will guide us through our physical senses. Too often we look at things from a
mental standpoint and endeavor to reason out things. But nowhere does the Bible
say God will guide us through our mentality. The Bible does not say that the
body of man is the candle of the Lord, nor that the mind of man is the candle
of the Lord. It says that the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
God will guide us—He will enlighten us—through our spirits.
Now before we can understand how God does lead us and guide
us through our spirits, we have to understand the nature of man. We have to
understand that man is a spirit, that he has a soul, and that he lives in a
body.
Source: How-to-be
led-by-the-holy-spirit by Kenneth E. Hagin
