Jesus’ ministry didn’t end at his ascension but continues
today from heaven through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a unique person,
in fact the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. God freely gives
the Holy Spirit to communicate God’s power from on high.
After Jesus’ resurrection the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost
and filled the lives of the disciples. The Holy Spirit came upon the disciples
not because of the righteous things they had done, but because of God’s great
mercy.
God continues to freely offer the gift of the Holy Spirit today
to you and me. We have the privilege to choose to actively receive this
precious gift. We are able to receive the Holy Spirit through faith in Christ,
not because of our works, or our wealth, but because of God’s grace and mercy.
When you believed in the gospel of salvation, God put the
Holy Spirit in your life as a seal of his ownership on you, and as a guarantee
of what is to come (2 Cor 1:21-22).
You can’t have the Holy Spirit on your terms. The Holy
Spirit is more than just a heavenly influence to be invoked on an as needed
basis. You can’t project your own needs and wants on the Holy Spirit. You can’t
experience the blessing of the Holy Spirit when you want to remain sovereign
over certain spheres of your life.
Receiving God’s gift of the Holy Spirit in your life is like
turning on a light bulb inside a diamond, and watching that light radiate out
of every facet of the diamond. You are a precious diamond that God created.
When you receive God’s gift of the Holy Spirit in your life, the light of the
Holy Spirit radiates from every facet of your life into the world around you.
When you invite the Holy Spirit into your life, he doesn’t
destroy your identity. God is the one who created you and God knows exactly how
to perfectly enhance your identity through the power of the Holy Spirit. When
you receive the Holy Spirit, you are filled with the power, the wisdom, the
creativity and the freedom to do what God created you to do and be who God
created you to be.
When you are filled with the Holy Spirit you are able to
show up in any situation as your whole self bearing the image of God – bearing
the image of God’s grace; bearing the image of God’s wisdom; bearing the image
of God’s covenant love; bearing the image of God’s holiness and righteousness.
The Holy Spirit is not your critic, your censor or your
killjoy. Instead He is your gracious helper and counselor. The Holy Spirit
offers you the infinite resources of heaven that you can draw upon for your
life of adventure with your Savior. The Holy Spirit is the mighty burden bearer
of the world enabling you to undertake more than you could imagine on your own
strength.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Not
liberty to do as you want to do, but liberty for the Holy Spirit to accomplish
God’s purposes through your life. Life in the Spirit is a life spent serving
the Living God in every aspect of your career, family and social life.
When you receive the Spirit of God, you will find rest for
your soul. For it is no longer you working, but the Holy Spirit working through
you so that God’s name is glorified rather than yours.
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