The church today does not recognize the Holy Spirit like it should. People speak of Him, they sing of Him, they pray for more of Him, but do they really rely on Him?
A faithful quote by Billy Graham to reckon with is, "Ninety-five percent of today's church activities would continue if the Holy Spirit were removed from us; in the early Church, ninety-five percent of all her activities would have stopped if the Holy Spirit were removed."
The lack of recognition of the Holy Spirit who lives inside those who have given their life to Jesus remain immature in their faith; entangle themselves with themselves; find boredom in their Christian life; limit their ability to see God's miracles; rarely serve God's people, and are blinded to the needs of the lost and the poor that live around them.
Jesus was outward focused; He was selfless, completely obedient to His Father; miraculous in all His ways; taught with authority, and had deep compassion for others. What made this possible for Jesus? He relied fully on the anointing of the Holy Spirit. In this reliance He was able to live a life without sin and be in complete submission to the Father. He says this about Himself and His Father, "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). This oneness was so tightly woven that there was no room for error; no room for selfishness; no room for lazy follow through; no room for fear; no room for faithlessness; no room for anxiety; no room for the evil one to win at temptation. Jesus lived a free life because the Spirit of God was His ticket to freedom, for Paul says, "...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17).
Jesus in is full humanness chose to lay down His human life as sin's sacrifice , yet, He offered up his humanness for heaven's glory through the Spirit of God.
It's a daily endeavor to ask for the anointing of God's Spirit. Even though we may not ask for Him, we still have Him, however, when we intentionally ask for His fullness, we are doing two things: we are submitting ourselves to His power and control and we ask for His activity in our life. We allow ourselves to see Him work through us. But sadly, He is often neglected. And when neglected, regretfully, we are the ones who lose out; overlooking God's anointing causes us to miss His audible impressions, therefore, we pass up God-given supernatural encounters with Heaven's riches.
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