When we pray, we address it to the Father. Our prayers then are answered and claimed by the name of Jesus. Most of the time, we commune with God through this procedure. And the Holy Spirit, though we are taught of His role in our lives, could sometimes be only a mere substance to us; could only be known to us as our Helper and Comforter. Beyond that, the Holy Spirit could not be who He fully is in our spiritual lives. The Holy Spirit is a person. He is not just a cool wind or a warm breeze or a white dove or an impersonal being that comes down whenever you call for Him. He is beside you forever (John 14:16). He is God on earth, and He is the Key to your intimacy with Christ and the Father.
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. John 16:13-14 NKJV
THE GUIDE. Jesus said He is the Truth. When He ascended to Heaven, He left us God’s Spirit to guide us “into all truth.” No wonder the four authors of the Gospel wrote with such conviction- the Holy Spirit guided them. No wonder Paul, though he persecuted Christ in the past, was transformed and renewed by the Holy Spirit in order to write almost half of the epistles in the New Testament. No wonder John the beloved wrote about the future and the Second Coming of Christ with vivid imagery- the Holy Spirit transported him to the actual future. Like them, if we could only allow the Holy Spirit to touch our hearts and minds with His wisdom, we could also receive revelations equal to the glory revealed in the past. For was it not foretold? Even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. (John 14:12 NIV) Jesus needed to go to the Father for Him to send God’s Spirit, and for Him to reveal more of Himself and of the Father!
Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 2:11b NIV
WHATEVER HE HEARS. The Holy Spirit reveals whatever is said by the Father. Jesus even needed the Holy Spirit to execute His mission on earth. He said, The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. Luke 14:18 NIV During His three and a half year mission, Jesus prayer life was so alive because He needed the Holy Spirit to strengthen Him. Without the Holy Spirit, Jesus would have not won the victory over death. Likewise, we cannot do God’s mission for us if we do not commune with the Holy Spirit regularly. Because whatever the Spirit hears from the Father, He will also speak to us the same.
GLORIFYING JESUS. It is such a mistake that we take the Holy Spirit for granted in our prayers, and most importantly in our life. It is the Holy Spirit that takes Jesus’ fullness and victory and brings it to us. He is the way to knowing Jesus. He is the Bringer of Jesus’ wisdom and power. He is the key to our intimacy with God. Jesus said, God’s Spirit will declare to us all things about Him and the Father. And what a comfort indeed to think that His Spirit is always beside us since we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior! So whenever we ask the secret of glorifying God in everything we do, the answer is Be filled with the Spirit! Ephesians 5:18b NIV
Can we build a relationship with the Spirit? Yes! To be filled with the Spirit is to speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:19-20 NKJV
Today, many people consider it impossible to commune with the Holy Spirit unless we are in a congregation or in the middle of a preaching. But the apostles of Christ assure us that it is real and important that we have fellowship with God’s Spirit! It is a truth that we must always be conscious of, whether we worship in church or shut in our room alone with the Holy Spirit.
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV
(I have created another blog specifically for my revelations about the Holy Spirit. )
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