“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” John 14:26 (New American Standard Bible)
I know a guy who walked into a room one day and the people’s smiles turned to disappointment. “Oh, it’s just you,” one of them said. Kind of reminds me of how I’ve looked at the Holy Spirit most of my life. Oh, it’s just you Holy Spirit. He’s been on my backburner and pretty much ignored for a lot of years mainly because He is so hard to define. He is addressed not with a particular name but with a title and is expressed in Scripture as Wind, at the most seeming more like an ‘It’ than as the Personal Being He is. At least the Father has a name and a personality while the Son is Deity in human form. That I can identify with.
But to say I have a Holy Wind for a friend leaves most folks with blank stares.
I’m coming to realize how mistaken I’ve been concerning Him. He is a lovely and generous individual at Oneness with the Father and the Son. A Being with definite personality. He is the same holiness, love, justice and being as God the Father and has been at work throughout the Old and New Testament times. Yes, remember in the Old Testament when the Holy Spirit fell mightily on Saul and he prophesied to the group of prophets with him (1st Samuel 10:10)? My entire Christian experience turns on the work of this personal friend. He is the one who works within my soul as a believer with reference to the Scriptures; He indwells and regenerates me on a daily basis, empowers me for life and service and finally is the Reference to teaching me the truth in Jesus Christ. And He is my friend.
Most of all He knows what I need before I ask. He intercedes to the mind of God for me when I pray seeking for the exact thing I need for my life (Romans 8:27). When I’ve found a new friend in the past I’ve wanted to know more about them, who they are, what they enjoy and to strive to make our bond stronger. In the same way the Holy Spirit seeks after me and searches out every detail of my life to empower me, offering with that power a life of hope and reassurance. He is more than just some kind of impersonal ‘essence.’ He is God Himself. Personal, loving, intimate. He is the realest of reality. He is mine and I’m thankful that He sees me as His own and treats me with the highest regard. Should old acquaintance be ignored? Maybe I’ve done that for a time but recalling and reestablishing an old friendship is always so pleasant.
Thank you Holy Spirit that you’ve always been there for me even in the times I didn’t really understand who You are. Holy are you Lord Jehovah.
Ken
Devotions Today at www.devotionstoday.blogspot.com
But to say I have a Holy Wind for a friend leaves most folks with blank stares.
I’m coming to realize how mistaken I’ve been concerning Him. He is a lovely and generous individual at Oneness with the Father and the Son. A Being with definite personality. He is the same holiness, love, justice and being as God the Father and has been at work throughout the Old and New Testament times. Yes, remember in the Old Testament when the Holy Spirit fell mightily on Saul and he prophesied to the group of prophets with him (1st Samuel 10:10)? My entire Christian experience turns on the work of this personal friend. He is the one who works within my soul as a believer with reference to the Scriptures; He indwells and regenerates me on a daily basis, empowers me for life and service and finally is the Reference to teaching me the truth in Jesus Christ. And He is my friend.
Most of all He knows what I need before I ask. He intercedes to the mind of God for me when I pray seeking for the exact thing I need for my life (Romans 8:27). When I’ve found a new friend in the past I’ve wanted to know more about them, who they are, what they enjoy and to strive to make our bond stronger. In the same way the Holy Spirit seeks after me and searches out every detail of my life to empower me, offering with that power a life of hope and reassurance. He is more than just some kind of impersonal ‘essence.’ He is God Himself. Personal, loving, intimate. He is the realest of reality. He is mine and I’m thankful that He sees me as His own and treats me with the highest regard. Should old acquaintance be ignored? Maybe I’ve done that for a time but recalling and reestablishing an old friendship is always so pleasant.
Thank you Holy Spirit that you’ve always been there for me even in the times I didn’t really understand who You are. Holy are you Lord Jehovah.
Ken
Devotions Today at www.devotionstoday.blogspot.com
