Last night, as The Patriarch Bishop David Abioye taught on The Spirit of Faith talking about the word of God as both WATER and WINE, at the Koinonia General Assembly 2025, The Holy Spirit opened my eyes to something.
WATER REFRESHES !
WINE INTOXICATES !
So the word of God does both to the believer.
Most of the times we allow it to refresh us without allowing it to intoxicate us.
WE ALLOW THE REFRESHING BUT WE DO NOT ALLOW THE INTOXICATING.
When the Word of God intoxicates us, we operate in the SPIRIT OF FAITH !
We begin to see things differently, think differently and talk differently.
We begin to put the word of God above anything that looks like a limitation.
I actually believe operating in the Spirit of Faith is a realm. In this realm your speakings and doings will usually look very stupid to the world. In the face of obvious obstacles you will remain resolute on your convictions about God’s word.
DON’T ONLY DRINK THE WORD OF GOD AS WATER FOR REFRESHING.
DRINK IT ALSO AS WINE FOR INTOXICATION !
Acts 2:12-13
Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
What the people didn’t understand was that Peter and the others were truly drunk but with the WINE OF THE SPIRIT !!!