Baptized all over again…
After last week’s meetings with leaders from across the nation and then going right to minister’s school I found it uncanny that the meetings ended up with the same theme…don’t lose the power of the Holy Spirit.
So my time to personally wrestle with this is at hand. It’s easy to be filled (baptized) with the Holy Spirit in the Acts 1-2 perspective and before long it to become just a formality. I’ve had to ask myself, “do I really practice praying in the Spirit because it is a mighty weapon or just because it’s old hat? Further, has being filled really made me “bolder” for the Lord? If so, then where is my personal fruit? Is it time for me to get serious and apologize to the Holy Spirit for taking him for granted? Tough questions - right?
Hey I remember nights (now over 30 years ago) when I would be up long after midnight with my face buried in the chair, tears in my eyes, crying out to God to fill me and make his Spirit real and tangible. Wow, that doesn’t happen all that much anymore…because I have learned how to do this? Crazy thinking…even spiritual deception. My prayer this week is simple, and not only for me but for all who might read this and secretly are saying under their breath “he’s telling my story”. So here’s the prayer…ready? “Spirit of God, fill me fresh again…one more time may I hunger for your presence, your Word and your power to share with others the wonders of your love”?
Let’s pray.
