On the Road to Pentecost: The Spirit of Counsel and Might

“Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne seven blazing torches burned, which are the seven Spirits of God the sevenfold Holy Spirit]” – Revelation 4:5 (AMPC)

Oh, what an incredibly awesome sight!

Isaiah 11:2,

“And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him…the Spirit of counsel and might…” (AMPC)

Spirit in all His glory rested upon Jesus…that same promised Spirit resides in us when we accept Jesus.

Let that sink in for a moment, maybe more…Do you honestly grasp this?

That same seven-fold Spirit that empowered the incarnate Jesus for ministry and purpose lives in you. Oh beloved, we don’t truly get it.

Found in John 14:12 & 16-17 (AMPC), Jesus said…

I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father… And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever—The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.

Please, read that again and as many times as you need to.

Yes beloved, you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you and is in you. The Spirit of counsel and might is in you – Counselor, Strengthener. Not my words, not John’s words, Jesus’ own words, His promise to His disciples then, now your reality.

You would know this already, but it is worth repeating, when you are born again, you receive the Holy Spirit in all His fullness. And we can be confident about that because the number seven, seen over and over again in Scripture, signifies completeness or fullness, so everything that the Holy Spirit represents is inside you. Counsel and Might or Fortitude in some translations, are just two of the independent manifestations of the sevenfold Spirit.

Though independent, these seven do not operate in isolation – they are independent and interdependent at the same time.

Simply defined, counsel is advice. Having the Spirit of Counsel is necessary for guidance according to the will of God along this spiritual journey. Spirit searches the deep counsel of God, then reveals it to us (see 1 Corinthians 2:10).

As an authentic child of God, you must seek His counsel. You can’t walk this road without His advice, directions, instructions and leading (see Romans 8:14). Without it you will walk, but you will find yourself right back where you started, because all you’d be doing is walking in circles.

The Spirit of Counsel will always lead you in the right direction. He empowers you to navigate your way through this life.

The Spirit of Counsel is paired with Might or Fortitude for good reason.

Ephesians 3:16 (NIV),

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

Might is not about the physical but an inner strength to accomplish the counsel of God. In other words, you cannot have counsel without might and having great might without counsel gets you nowhere. The Spirit of Might rested on David; he was rooted in the Presence, the source of the supernatural empowerment that enabled him to slay the giant.

The Spirit of Might is about resilience, it’s about having the fortitude to face the giants of life, being able to get back up when you fall, it’s about being “strong in the Lord and in the power of His might”, having unwavering confidence and trust in God no matter what you feel, hear or see, it’s about being totally dependent on God and garnering the strength to wait on His timing in steadfast faith, it’s standing when no one else is, and not fainting in the day of adversity (see Proverbs 24:10).

Obeying God’s counsel forges profound inner strength.

Beloved, may you receive the full measure of the Spirit of Counsel and Might as your journey continues on the road to Pentecost.

Amen †

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shelley Johnson “On the Road to Pentecost: The Spirit of Counsel and Might” © 2025 May 15, 2025