A
quiet time alone with God is the most important part of our day. As we sit in
God’s sweet Presence, we completely empty our self of our negative thoughts and
feelings. An easy way to do this is by writing them down in our journal.
Emptying
our soul of negativity creates a hollow space within us, which can eventually
be filled up with the peace and joy that transcends all of the present
circumstances in our lives, as it also allows us to ride serenely in the wake
of every present and future storm.
Have
you ever really thought about what it means to have the Holy Spirit of God
dwelling IN you? We have all of the
power of the entire Godhead residing within our spirit. Every attribute that is
in God the Father, and in Jesus the Son reside in us through the Holy Spirit.
We
receive the Holy Spirit into our lives when we receive Jesus as our Savior. If
we do not have the Spirit of Christ, then we are not His (Romans 8:9). Daily, we
make time to wait on the Lord and to pray so that God can give us a fresh
filling of His Holy Spirit (Acts 13:52).
The
peace and delight of the Holy Spirit sustain us through adversity and blessing
alike, and they make everything in life more intensely beautiful (Isaiah 55:12).
The God of hope fills us with joy, peace, and trust in Him alone, so that we
overflow with hope by the power of His Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17-18, 15:13).
The
Spirit is also our Comforter, our Guide, and our ever-present Helper in time of
need. No matter what circumstance we face, the Holy Spirit within us has the
power to meet it victoriously. The problems come when we do not consult or
listen to Him with our spiritual ears each moment of our day (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Prayer:
Father
God, remind us that You give us physical ears and spiritual ears. We can train
our physical ears to hear much more than the surface sounds in the immediate
area around us. We can learn to hear the ticking of the clock in a crowded
room, the chirping of a bird amidst the roar of a waterfall, the buzzing of a
bee over the chug of a motorboat engine. Help us to train our physical ears to
hear and to enjoy every sound around us in Your glorious world.
Remind
us that the most important ears we must train, however, are our inner
ears. The Gospels and Revelation are
full of verses that speak mysteries from You, and many are accompanied by a
verse like the one in Matthew 11:15….”He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!" Help us to take the time to listen to Your Holy Spirit within us
with our spiritual ears.
Thought
for the Day:
Jesus
did not leave us alone on this earth to accomplish His work; when he was
ascending into heaven to take back His rightful place at the Father’s right
hand, He told His own disciples to go and wait in the upper room for the Holy
Spirit to come to them, in order to fill them with the entire Godhead; we can
do this too.
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John 14:15-21
