“Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18
As we go about our days, we come across experiences and obstacles that are sometimes good and sometimes bad. Sometimes we are prepared for these experiences and other times we are not. When Jesus went to be with God and sit at his right hand our Lord sent us the third person, the Holy Spirit of God to live within us. As Christians we all have the Holy Spirit residing within us. However, it seems that so often we push Him off into the corner of our lives and give little thought to the fact he has been sent to live in us for the purpose of guidance, understanding, wisdom, spreading the love of God and allowing Him to be our decision maker. We treat him as a resident in us with no powers to help us. We are told in scripture to be filled with the Spirit. Just what does that mean? The infilling of the Holy Spirit is the control of the Holy Spirit over our lives, and this occurs when we surrender our lives completely to His control. We allow the Holy Spirit to control our actions, our desires and our priorities. If we are not allowing the Spirit of God to live in us and be the controlling factor in our lives then we are allowing fear, condemnation, doubt and worry to take up residence and control our thoughts, words and actions. Our God in heaven has so blessed us with the power of the Holy Spirit. He is our guide in hard times. He is our message to all of those around us. He is our decision maker in everything we do. He is not a thing or a figment of our imagination! He is a real person and one with authority to help us to live lives worthy of our God in heaven. We must never shove him into a corner of our life or the closest of our thoughts only to be shoved aside as an afterthought. We must believe in the Spirit of our living God and understand that the Holy Spirit is our great and understanding helper. He must be our first thought in times of need. We must listen closely as he will nudge our thoughts to make decisions in one direction or another. We must never allow fear, doubt or worry make decisions for us. Instead, we must use the great gift of the Holy Spirit! We must train ourselves to be good stewards of the gift of the Holy Spirit. We must train ourselves to be sensitive to his thoughts and his words in our life. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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