How amazing is it that we have a personal God that listens to us, speaks to us, shows love, mercy and grace to us? A sovereign God that is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, yet is willing to have a personal relationship with us. It's overwhelming at times but this is our God.
Psalm 116
vs 1 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
We have a God that listens to us and turns his ears to us, he deserves everything we have, and it still wouldn't be enough. Lately I've been trying to live out 1 Thessalonians 5:19 "Do not put out the Spirit's fire," and it's amazing the things the Spirit does through you when you let it flow. You feel in tune with God and what He wants out of you, what your purpose is and the Spirit just dictates your life. The Spirit then keeps you passionate, inspires and encourages you to be obedient to God's calling in your life and you can be sustained in this way, not by your own humanistic strengths or desires, but by the Spirits.
On the contrary, what we need to avoid is this: Galatians 5:7 "You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough." The analogy is profound. All it takes is something small, something minor to throw you completely off track and persuade you to neglect the Spirit in your life. What does this mean for us? We need to be sensitive and watchful of the Spirit in our lives, protecting that relationship at all times. We must let the Spirit do its job.
amen! let God flow!
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