"However, when He, the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come." John 16:13. NKJV
Andrew Murray comments in his book, Absolute Surrender:
'The Holy Spirit is the director of the work of God upon the earth. Every day, give Him the first place in Your life'
In the hustle and bustle of life, it can be easy to neglect God, especially the Holy Spirit, when we are up against the pressures of the day. We don't forget or reject Him, it is just that, things can come against us so fast, that it can be easy to try and sort things out on our own.
Think about it for a moment, how much Christian work is being done in the spirit of flesh - in the spirit of self? Do we wait for the Holy Spirit to direct the way for us or are we tempted to go it alone, in our own strength. Be honest with yourself here because it is so important to how we live our Christian lives and what blessings we receive or miss out on. Jesus said in John 15:5, 'I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.'
This is such an important verse. Who has not tried in vain to do a certain thing only to realise when there is no fruit, that we left Jesus out of the situation. I am sure we have all done this on occasions. We have to avoid trying to do things in the flesh - in our own strength. The only way we'll accomplish this is to place Jesus in His rightful place in our lives - first.
In the early church, the believers become so close to each other and to Jesus in their fellowship. The Greek word for fellowship is, Koinonia, and it means a close association and partnership with people. It is a unity. In Koinonia the individual shares in common an intimate bond of fellowship with the rest of the Christian society, It cements, (get this,) it cements the believers to the Lord Jesus and to each other. It you know anything about cement, once it has been prepared properly and has set, it is a solid bond, practically inseparable.
This type of fellowship is formed when our relationship with the Holy Spirit is joined properly. We melt together into one heart and soul. This is the type of unity that the Holy Spirit wants to have with each one of us. He is such a gentleman though, that He will never force Himself upon us. He hovers over us, rather like He did at creation, and has soon as we ask Him, He joins Himself to us.
Andrew Murray further comments: 'Give yourself up to love and the Holy Spirit will come; receive the Spirit and He will teach you to love more.'
Why not invite God to do a deeper work within you and renew to you, the joy of His Holy Spirit:
Father, I give myself absolutely to You to carry out Your will in my life and to do, only what You want me to do. Please re-ignite the power of Your Holy Spirit within me. I place You first in my life and intend to always do this.
In Jesus' Name. Amen
Copyriight 2020 Grahame Howard
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