1 John 4 tells us to test the spirits. We test the spirits by knowing what spirit is upon someone when they are speaking to us. Most people find it easier to test the spirits upon someone else, but what if our first call was to test the spirit upon us? Have you ever asked yourself what spirit am I of? This can be a challenging question, because if we were honest with ourselves we might not want to hear the truth from ourselves about ourselves.

Jesus said in Luke 4:18-19 ““The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Jesus knew what spirit He was of, what spirit was upon Him and He declared in right here with absolute confidence. Then Luke reitterated this truth in Acts 10:38 when he said “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.”

Now with this is what it looks and sounds like when the spirit of the Lord is upon you, so what spirit are you of? Are you preaching good news or doom and gloom? Are you manifesting freedom or bondage? Are you seeing this as a year of God’s favor or the devil’s playground? The spirit of religion preaches bad news, the spirit of the Lord preaches good news; the spirit of the world preaches Burger King news (have it your way), the spirit of the kingdom of God preaches die to yourself and live for others. What spirit are you of?

The church is funny, why are we good new averse? We hear good news but don’t believe it, for our reality is not always manifesting good news. We need the spirit of the Lord upon us, in us and coming through us and we must stop resisting the good news. For the world and religion are not preaching good news, but we are if we are of the spirit of God, not the spirit of the world or the spirit of religion. What spirit are you of? If you don’t Iike your answer, switch over to the spirit of the Lord, for it is a preacher of good news. There is a huge harvest ready but we need people who are preachers of good news to bring it in.