It is God’s plan that you live an exceptional life. After Jesus reconciles you back into a relationship with God, He seals it with the promise of the Holy Spirit. “And you were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit” (Ephesians 1:13). He gives you the promise that He will complete the work He began in you: “He who began a good work in you will carry it on the completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6). The desire to grow and the desire to move closer to God comes from His Spirit. If you are moving towards God it’s because He’s moving towards you.
The Holy Spirit gives you the security knowing that God is for you, not against you. God has given you everything you need to live the exceptional life. Growth begins in a secure relationship and that security comes from the work of the Holy Spirit. The very presence of God in you is the Holy Spirit. He gives you ability, wisdom, and what to say: “for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit” (Mark 13:11).
The Holy Spirit is your friend, He “partners” with you. He comes along side you and helps you. He searches your heart and shows you what to change: “And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will” (Rom. 8:27). The Holy Spirit helps you: “but the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you” (John 14:26).
He leads you and guides you: “But when He, the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come” (John 16:13). He leads you to truth: “And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth” (1John 5:6b). He will correct you and convict you: “All of us who are mature should take such a view of all things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you” (Phil. 3:15). He enables your God given talents and gifts: “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good” (1Corinthians 12:7). He gives comfort: The Holy Spirit is a healer and deliverer: “Repent, then and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord” (Acts 3:19).
The Holy Spirit cannot be controlled: Each step of growth you take is a step of faith as you will encounter a very real God who has given you His Spirit to help you in every situation and in every need guaranteeing you the exceptional life. It is not with striving, willpower and strength of your own efforts that produces change. Instead, it is a life of summoning up faith that will be given to you. “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16-17).
What is that the Holy Spirit speaking to you to change in YOUR life? (Not your neighbor, friend, girlfriend or boyfriend, family member or co-workers life!) What is keeping you from hearing and obeying the Holy Spirit?
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