I’m today’s culture, the Holy Spirit is one aspect of God that isn’t often discussed. However, when it is left out of our lives we leave open doors to Satan and his minions. Because the Holy Spirit is part of the Godhead who dwells within us and equips us for battles. When we don’t understand the power of the “full armor of God” we can be left unprotected.
Not only does the Holy Spirit equip us but He also guides us towards achieving the divine purposes that God has for each one of us.
John 14:26 tells us,
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of that I said to you”
The Holy Spirit is eternal, Hebrews 9:14 says,
“How much more will the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
The Holy Spirit is of promise, Ephesians 1:13 tells us,
“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.”
The Holy Spirit seizes us out of darkness and purifies us by His fire so that we can have more of God. Have you had those encounters with God where you feel His presence surrounding and consuming you? If you have you know it’s a profound time of peace. When that time passes, we tend to, long for that feeling of power and peace again.
I believe that this encounter doesn’t have to be short-lived. But when we expand our expectation of the Holy Spirit, we can operate in it as a lifestyle. We need to broaden our expectations of the Holy Spirit’s fire.
When it comes to the Holy Spirit’s fire, it needs fuel to stay lit and keep burning. To keep the Holy Spirit’s flame burning in us every day. This requires of fuel of God’s Word and allows the Holy Spirit to breathe God’s Word inti our soul so that it aligns with the Spirit of God within us.
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord” -Psalm 150:6
Fire requires a balance between fuel, oxygen, and heat, this is the same for our spiritual walk. And we have a responsibility to balance the elements that keeps the fire going.
If you want the fire of the Holy Spirit to be lit within you and never go out, you first have to know what it’s for and how to use it.
The Holy Spirit guides us to position our souls with God’s Spirit. He instructs us in our faith walk. When we lay down our lives for God, the Holy Spirit uses His fire to purify and cleanse our old ways, making us into a new creation in Jesus.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new” -2 Corinthians 5:17
Psalm 37:4 tells us to,
“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
This verse is about aligning with Him, and the fire will shift your heart and give you all that it desires.
From Pity to Praise 