STUDY: Excerpts from the book, "The Seven Spirits Of God" by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc. D.D (Chapters 2,5&8).
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Excerpt from Chapter 5
THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STRATEGIST
“…and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).
The original Hebrew rendering of this portion of the Bible doesn’t say, “Wonderful, Counsellor,”
two different names, as indicated here in the King James Version. It actually reads as one compound name: “Wonderful Counsellor.” You’ll observe that the other names, “Mighty God,” “Everlasting Father,” and “Prince of peace” with which the prophet describes the Lord, are also dualized.
The name “Wonderful Counsellor” means “Extraordinary Strategist.” The Spirit of counsel is
the Extraordinary Strategist. That means He’s beyond the ordinary mind or senses. He’s supernatural. He cannot be confused. He knows the way out of every crisis you face. He knows how you can come out of the darkness; He knows how to make you a success. He’s your Extraordinary Strategist and He lives inside you.
Let’s look at one of His extraordinary strategies: Moses had just led the children of Israel out of captivity in Egypt. But Pharaoh wasn’t aboutto let them go that easily, and he sent his entire army in hot pursuit of the “defenceless” Israelites. They were in a fix. Before them spread out the wide expanse of the Red Sea. Right behind them, they could hear the thundering hoofs of horses and ominous clatter of chariots as the Egyptian army bore down on them.
Humanly speaking, there was no way of escape. But as far as the Extraordinary Strategist was concerned, there was nothing like “no way out.” That’s why I tell people: “The walls in front of you don’t exist; the barriers are not real. Close your eyes; keep walking in the Name of Jesus, and they’ll get out of your way!”
When the people cried out to Moses, he in turn cried out to God, but God’s response was simply amazing. He said, “…Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. “But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea” (Exodus 14:15-16 NKJV).
The Extraordinary Strategist told Moses to stretch his rod over the water and divide it. Moses
did as he was told and the children of Israel were miraculously delivered. The Red Sea parted and they went through on dry ground, but the entire Egyptian army was destroyed in the same sea.
Now if you were Moses or the children of Israel, you wouldn’t want to go forward if just anybody told you to do that, but because it was coming from the Extraordinary Strategist, it worked.
SCRIPTURES FOR MEDITATION:
A-SCRIPTURE-TWO-WEEKS
WEEKS 1&2
Isaiah 28:29
This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
WEEKS 3&4
Jeremiah 32:19
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: