Thoughts for another day

February 9, 2007

Today's verse: Lk. 11:13. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Jesus gave us a great gift: the Holy Spirit. There is great power in Him the third person of the Trinity. There is the power to love, the power to praise our Father in Heaven and the power to change us to be worthy for His kingdom.

In the coming of the Holy Spirit there is new birth. When the day of Pentecost dawned after the departure of Christ, the Holy Spirit came in much strength and birthed the Church. All new things are birthed by, the Holy Spirit and they last. Everything not birthed by the Spirit will see the end although it doesn’t seem to be that way now.

With the Holy Spirit comes a greater understanding of the ways of God. The eyes of our minds and hearts are opened wide to understand the purposes of God and to know Him better. The persona of Jesus is revealed more clearly and we are also made to understand our place in the plan of the Almighty. It is as if God speaks to us and we understand. We now change our outlook and become bolder. When the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles, who until then were hiding in the obscurity of the upper room, they suddenly found the courage to descend from there and get into the spotlight. Peter, a man who due to fright had denied his friendship with the Lord, now became so bold that he stood before a crowd and proclaimed the very Man he had denied!

My beloved in Christ, it is difficult to understand the ways of the Holy Spirit. But it is easy to welcome Him, for He comes to us when we welcome Him with our hearts and He takes us to the inner chambers of the Most High. He reaches out when we spread our hands in despair and He is there to guide our every step. I have felt Him in my life and when He comes, you can only sense the glorious presence of God. Jesus becomes so real and the entire world seems to be at your feet. I can therefore now understand why Jesus compares the Holy Spirit to good gifts. Because I know the Holy Spirit is a good gift. A far better gift than anything else; and a gift freely given by God.