Living Life by Design

My faith is always an interesting topic…at least to me it is.

Have you had this happen to you: you are talking to a friend about your faith and they are looking back at you with a polite but utterly blank stare? They hear what you’re saying but they have no idea what you are talking about. When you talk about your personal relationship with Jesus, to them it is like you are speaking about an ‘imaginary friend’. It makes no sense to them at all.

The apostle Paul makes the point that you can only understand spiritual truths with the help of the Holy Spirit. The person, “without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). When God is with us by his Holy Spirit he gives us understanding, “that we may understand what God has freely given us” (v.12).

“God with us” (Immanuel) is one of the titles the New Testament uses for Jesus (Matthew 1:23). He is always with you. That the God who created the universe should choose to be with you is NOT something to be taken lightly. It is an incredible, extraordinary and wonderful promise. To experience God with you by his Spirit is life changing.

Zig Ziglar said, “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” This is true for the Holy Spirit too. You need to be filled daily…