The Gift of the Holy Spirit!

‘Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”’ – John 6:35-40 NIV

Don’t we wish to feel the presence of God and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit all the time? We only get very motivated to do something when the Spirit of God empowers us. I wish I could feel the empowerment of the Spirit all the time, so I can get motivated to do God’s will. I think I am kind of perfectionism at theology or on Christian living, so I also wish that I could make no mistake on living God-centred life. If I was God, I would definitely make those happen for every one of those who are willing to believe in Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ has assured His disciples and us that no one is able to come and believe in Him unless God has enabled them (John 6:63-65). However, God loves every one of us and is willing to pour His Spirit into us. Psalm 103:8 tells us that He is compassionate and gracious God who is slow to anger and abounding in love. Our job is to make a decision to follow Him through faith for the rest of our lives. I know this because I had an encounter of the Spirit around 2011. I was thinking only about people and I did not include God in my thoughts at all. I felt the Spirit was telling me to get to know Jesus better. Furthermore, I received the spiritual gift from God to be a Christian Writer. Because of these, I agree with Jesus when He has said, “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12) Although I do not feel the empowerment of the Spirit all the time, I know that it is God’s will to do Christian Writing. As I write, I think I always feel the empowerment of the Spirit. Hence, I just have to make a decision to start Christian-writing. Nevertheless, everybody has different gifts and style of using them. I believe those gifts do not have to be spiritual and they are matter of how people are using them to serve God and others (Romans 12:6-8; 1 Peter 4:10-11).

Meditate on John 14:15-27 and John 16:7-15. Ask yourself a question: “Have I ever asked God for the gift of the Holy Spirit?” If you have, then ask yourself this: “How can I be sure of this? Am I being obedient to the Spirit of God in my ordinary life?” If you have not asked God for the gift of the Holy Spirit, ask Him now because He desperately wants to pour His Spirit into all of us. Continue asking Him for the gift and empowerment of the Holy Spirit, even though you know that you have received Him.