When Destiny Word Of the Day (DWOD) was launched back on October 10, 2012, we did not anticipate the difficulty we would run into on occasion in getting the DWOD published on time every day.

When the posts are uploaded from our home or a hotel room where there is an internet connection, it is a piece of cake. But when we do not have online access, it’s a slab of marble 🙁

In the DWOD for April 07, 2013, we shared how we were able to go online despite this obstacle, thanks to our friends’s IPhone being used as a personal “hotspot.”

During our family’s recent swing through the Maritime provinces of Canada, we found ourselves once again without an internet connection for two nights. (This should explain the inordinately late arrival of the DWOD on May 27 & 28).

This time though, we were confident about accessing the internet, as our daughter’s IPhone plan had enough data on it for us to tether the laptop to her hotspot.

Unfortunately, we could not make it happen. The reason? Her phone could not maintain a strong enough 3G connection to access the internet.

No internet access on an IPhone? No Personal Hotspot. No tethering.

Holy Spirit spoke to me through this experience. He pointed out how the IPhone could not give us access to the internet when it did not have access itself. It needed to be connected before it could help other devices to get connected.

“You cannot give what you do not have.”
This is an important principle to keep in mind as we advance toward our destiny.

A number of years ago, John Maxwell published two books on leadership: “Developing the Leader Within You” and “Developing Leaders Around You.” Guess which came first?
Of course! You needed to develop the leader within you before you could develop the leaders around you.

In Acts 8:9-24, we read about a magician named Simon who wanted to buy the ability to lay hands on people and release the Holy Spirit as Peter and John were doing in Samaria.

He could clearly see that even though he had many tricks up his sleeve, he did not have what the apostles had. Misguided as he was in believing that the Holy Spirit could be purchased, he could clearly see that he could not give what he did not have.

In Acts 10:38, Peter says that “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.”

Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit at all times. That is why He could give away what he had to those who did not have it—be it healing, forgiveness, freedom from demonic oppression, life.

Ditto for you and me too, amen?