The Influence Of The Holy Spirit
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. (Ephesians 5:11-13)
As much as you want to be in control of your life, there comes a time when you have to give up control and yield to a higher power. Once you get saved and begin to live your life for Jesus Christ, you relinquish control and then let the Holy Spirit take control because you’ve been bought with a price.
Greater victory comes for Christians when we learn to walk in the authority and by the power given to us in Jesus Christ. That life-giving, life-sustaining, and life-changing power is the power of the Holy Spirit. And it is that power that should impact every aspect of our lives as Christians. We should be under the influence of the Holy Spirit, rather than under the influence of anything or anyone else.
A poet once said, “It’s better to be a candle in the dark than to curse the darkness.” We are living in dark times. We are living in times where truth is overlooked, poverty is ignored, bigotry is emboldened, and hate and indecency are popular. Rather than letting this darkness overcome us, if we let our lights shine bright, we can overcome the darkness.
God didn’t save us, empower us, and fill us with His Spirit to be a light only in our homes or in the safe confines of spaces that are already well lit. Instead, God saved us to be His ambassadors of light in places where there is no light. The greatest moral tragedy of the Church would be to misuse God’s presence, power and anointing by spending too much time, resources, and energy bringing light to spaces already well lit.
So as we live our lives under the influence of the Holy Spirit, may we take that influence and extend it to everyone we come in contact with, everywhere we go.
As much as you want to be in control of your life, there comes a time when you have to give up control and yield to a higher power. Once you get saved and begin to live your life for Jesus Christ, you relinquish control and then let the Holy Spirit take control because you’ve been bought with a price.
Greater victory comes for Christians when we learn to walk in the authority and by the power given to us in Jesus Christ. That life-giving, life-sustaining, and life-changing power is the power of the Holy Spirit. And it is that power that should impact every aspect of our lives as Christians. We should be under the influence of the Holy Spirit, rather than under the influence of anything or anyone else.
A poet once said, “It’s better to be a candle in the dark than to curse the darkness.” We are living in dark times. We are living in times where truth is overlooked, poverty is ignored, bigotry is emboldened, and hate and indecency are popular. Rather than letting this darkness overcome us, if we let our lights shine bright, we can overcome the darkness.
God didn’t save us, empower us, and fill us with His Spirit to be a light only in our homes or in the safe confines of spaces that are already well lit. Instead, God saved us to be His ambassadors of light in places where there is no light. The greatest moral tragedy of the Church would be to misuse God’s presence, power and anointing by spending too much time, resources, and energy bringing light to spaces already well lit.
So as we live our lives under the influence of the Holy Spirit, may we take that influence and extend it to everyone we come in contact with, everywhere we go.
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