39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
And now because we believe and Jesus has died and risen we do have the Spirit living in us. I don't find that I think of the Spirit enough. Lately though we at our church have been talking about how the Spirit is really on the move in Westview our church. It is and it is such a different feeling than we have had at Westview in years. There is an enthusiasm and desire and willingness to do God's work, very action oriented. I love it!
I want to make sure I am listening to the nudges from the Spirit, I think I often have blinders on. I think I am getting direction often that I miss, I pray that becomes a thing of the past and that I truly become Spirit lead.
Amen
I agree. I really want to hear more from God.....but, I'm afraid my own selfish ambition gets in the way. Even when I feel a nudge, I'll ask....is that really him, or is it just me. hahaha....what a weiner!
ReplyDelete45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.
I love this verse. I can see the looks on the guards faces as they try to explain themselves. Complete confusion as to what they should do. They saw that he was not like everyone else. I love that about Jesus. There is no mistaking him for a normal person. People couldn't help but be effected by him. That the charge that he has given us. If people don't see that we are different than most, at first glance, then we probably aren't acting completely on his behalf. That's a real rude awakening for me. I had a guy once say to me, "you're a church guy? I had no idea" BOOM! right to the core.
I am a work in progress, and there is more work to be done.
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