You and I access the spirit realm through The Holy Spirit and The Word.
Jesus spoke in John 6:
63 The Holy Spirit is the One Who gives life, that which is of the natural realm is of no help. The Words I speak to you are Spirit and life. But there are still some of you who won’t believe.”
Wisdom and understanding must come from the Spiritual realm for us to appropriately deal with the challenges we currently face. Man’s opinions are at best temporary solutions and frequently lead us down a path of death and destruction.
John wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st John chapter 4:
17 By living in God, Love has been brought to Its full expression in us so that we may fearlessly face the day of judgment, because all that Jesus now is, so are we in this world.
In our spirits, we have the same power, authority, faith, Love, and other fruit of The Spirit as Jesus. Two things must happen. First, we must realize that those gifts reside on the inside of us. Secondly, we must get the revelation of how to access them and appropriate their use in our lives to walk victoriously.
For example, we don’t need more faith, we need to walk in the measure of faith we have been given.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 17:
14 They came to where a large crowd had gathered to wait for Jesus. A man came and knelt before Him
15 and said, “Lord, please show your tender mercy toward my son. He has a demon who afflicts him. He has epilepsy, and he suffers horribly from seizures. He often falls into the cooking fire or into the river.
16 I brought him to Your followers, but they weren’t able to heal him.”
17 Jesus replied, “Where is your faith? Can’t you see how wayward and wrong this generation is? How much longer do I stay with you and put up with your doubts? Bring your son to Me.”
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him and the boy was instantly healed!
19 Later the disciples came to him privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we cast out the demon?”
20 He told them, “It was because of your lack of (pure) faith. I promise you, if you have faith inside of you no bigger than the size of a small mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move away from here and go over there,’ and you will see it move! There is nothing you couldn’t do!
21 But this kind of demon is cast out only through prayer and fasting.”
Jesus clarified the issue of faith even further in Mark chapter 11:
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto Him, Master, behold, the fig tree which Thou cursed is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Unbelief and doubt counteract faith. The disciples had already been successful in healing sickness and disease but were intimidated when they saw the effects of epilepsy. They were not prepared for such a sight and allowed themselves to react in their mind. They had faith but it was impacted by their souls. Eliminating the soulish response is addressed by prayer and fasting. The Word will cleanse us of our soulishness as we immerse ourselves in It.
This is one reason we were led to develop the RENEW app. Immersion in the Scriptures will bring forth a cleansing effect. It counteracts the world’s narrative that promotes soulishness.
If you spend more time feeding your soul and less time feeding your spirit, your measure of faith will not operate in its fullness.