Last weekend I got to hear Matt speak on our incredible need for the Holy Spirit in our lives. We were able to pray for God to fill us with himself and to help us by the presence of the Spirit of God. What an incredible gift God has given us of Himself!
John 14:26 says: “the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”
Many times I’ve been asked about what I think it means to walk in the Spirit, and to allow the Spirit to move in my life. The amazing thing is that recently God has really been teaching me on this very subject. Things at Rock Bridge move so fast, and many times I get overwhelmed at what I perceive I am not accomplishing. Working at Shaw was the often the same way, and my wife tells me being a mom feels the same way too. I think this is how God WANTS things to be, IMPOSSIBLE for us to do on our own!
Life was that way for Jesus. He had three years to train everyone to take on the ministry after him, convince them of who he was, and tick all the religious leaders off enough to have himself killed on a cross on the specific date of Passover, all the while fulfilling countless other biblical prophecies. Can you imagine the pressure of trying to make all that happen! But there was no pressure for him. He knew his father was with him, so he trusted and walked in the presence and power of God, knowing that all was being orchestrated by heaven. All he had to do was listen and obey. Watch and follow.
That’s what it is to walk in the Spirit. Stay attentive. Listen for the gentle nudging, the whisper of a correcting voice in our hearts. The “don’t say that”, or “you need to love them”, or “trust me, I’ve got you!” I have noticed one thing for sure, if I am not hearing a correcting nudge, or an expanding truth, or just something that makes me realize something new, then I am not walking with the Spirit. The greatest indication of my dependence on Him is my urgency for prayer, and the awareness of my need for His voice.
I have found the more I trust and let go, the more my to do list seems to dwindle. The more I listen and obey the simpler things become, the harder things get easier, the chaotic things take on order.
God is good! And He is faithful! He has given us of Himself in the form of the Holy Spirit to accomplish His will and live for His glory!
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