Our Empowerer

When the Holy Spirit came upon the 120 disciples in the upper room on the day of Pentecost, He was manifested in two ways.

The Book of Acts in the Bible says there was “the sound of a rushing wind,” and flames of fire that miraculously appeared on each person’s head. It doesn’t say anything about the nature of this fire, but it obviously was not a physical fire or it would have burned everyone’s hair. It was most likely the visual manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s presence. Most assuredly it represents to us the holiness of God.

One things for sure we must allow God to purify us, even in hidden areas. Suppose you have lived in the same house for 20 years and then decide to move. The process of packing and cleaning that house is not easy. Imagine what you would see when you pull your stove out from the wall to load it in the moving truck.

It’s been in the same place for a long time. No one has ever swept under it. The tile would be very dirty. The floor might be caked with layers of grime, dust, specks of rotten food, even pet hair from the family animal. It would require some special cleaning to get the house ready for a new owner.

It’s a scary thought, but we may have areas such as this in our own lives. Sometimes we hide our server sins in private compartments. As human beings we know how to mask our ugliness attitudes. But when the Holy Spirit comes to us, He comes to scour us of our grit and grime.

He moves the furniture around in our lives in order to cleanse us of any resentment, anger, additive behavior, and so many other things that can create distance between us and God. It’s an amazing thing to open your heart to the Holy Spirit’s fire.

When Jesus came to John the Baptist when he was baptizing people at the Jordon river, John said “I need to be baptized by You.” But Jesus answered him and said, “Permit it to be so now, for this it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matthew 3:13-17).

When Jesus was baptized, He came up immediately from the water, and the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and a voice same from heaven saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

We try and hide things from God, we put up walls when we’ve been hurt by people too many times. it’s natural to push away people and hurts in our lives. But we should never push away God, He is the only one who can save us, forgive us, and give us a new life. One we can be proud to have.

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