Holy Spirit

I think many people have misconceptions and even fears about the Holy Spirit. Someone asked me once to tell them about the church I was attending at the time. In doing so, I said it was the most spirit-filled church I had even been in. This seemed to offended them because their reply was that they liked to believe the Holy Spirit was in their church, too. I found that incredibly sad and very telling.

People have a tendency to fear and/or make fun of things they do not understand. Sadly, it is the most educated, more economically powerful countries that have the most difficulty with things of the spiritual world. Is it because they are so educated they know better? I don't think so. I believe it's because we've gotten into the frame of mind that we, ourselves, can play god and anything can be explained in a test tube. If it can't, it must not be real or valid. Having spent time in that African village and in the jungle of the Yucatan where there are no test tubes, I can tell you with certainty, those people do not doubt the spiritual realm one bit.

I'm not talking about 'hocus pocus' kind of things, but a 'spirit' Jesus said would be our Comforter. Do you think for one minute He would have said 'a comforter' if it was scary and evil? No, nor would He send anything scary or evil to live inside of you. This isn't the time or platform for an in-depth discussion on the Holy Spirit but it is the time to tell you to read the Bible, look up every reference to the Holy Spirit. Knowledge is power, in this case, Holy Spirit power.

Pinocchio had Jiminy Cricket as his voice of conscience. We are far better off, we have the Holy Spirit to guide us, enlighten us, lead us, comfort us. If the Holy Spirit isn't something you are comfortable with, you simply do not know enough about the Holy Spirit.

My prayer for each of us today is that the Lord will pour out an amazing desire to know the Holy Spirit better; that He will cause us to have a spiritual thirst that can only be quenched by the Word and enlightenment by, of and through the Holy Spirit. That when we lay our heads down tonight before sleep that we know the Holy Spirit as we have never known Him before and give thanks to God for sending Him.