Gentle Giant

Ever since I first got saved, I’ve always been intrigued by the Holy Spirit, yet He remained such a mystery to me.

Jesus is like my best friend; I can tell Him anything, anytime, and always run into His arms for refuge.  God, the Father, is my Daddy who gives me such peace and whom I have nothing but the utmost respect for.

But how does one become intimately connected to the Holy Spirit?  He’s sweet and sensitive, kind and gentle.  At the same time, He’s this dynamic force of power that can totally zap you!

I know a lot of people (myself included) misunderstand Him.  To the uninformed onlooker, people who are completely yielded to the Spirit might seem crazy, weird, and off their rockers.

But the truth is the Holy Spirit brings a divine, beautiful, and rich order everywhere He goes.  He’s so good, He can bring order in a way that seems chaotic.  Being controlled by the Spirit is being totally free.  Totally free to be totally submitted.  See what I mean?  It’s hard to understand, but it’s true all the same.  

God gave absolute power to absolute purity.  The Holy Spirit brings with Him a realm of unlimited possibility, unlimited wisdom, unlimited potential.  In our finite world, how can we relate to One such as this?

But thank the Lord, He gives us His Spirit freely and without measure (John 3:34).  Do you want to know the great secret to accessing the things of God?  Simple! Just receive it!  Take it by faith.  Believe God is who He says He is, and He will reward you when you earnestly seek Him.

When Jesus arose from the dead, He came to the disciples and gave them this long awaited gift: Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. “Receive the Holy Spirit,” he said (John 20:22).

The disciples didn’t have to do a laundry list of tasks before receiving…then it would no longer be a gift.  They just received this amazing and beautiful gift by relaxing and letting Jesus do all the work! As a result, they were totally transformed from the inside out!        

When you want to give someone you really love a really special gift, do you go and hide it in the depths of the ocean and say “Ok, I’ve got your gift for you, but you have to go on a long and arduous journey to find it!”?

That’s just ridiculous!  If anything, you’ll hand deliver the gift yourself and make sure you’re there to see that person’s face when he gets it.  

If you want to go deeper with God, the best way to do it is to enlarge your capacity to receive from Him and just relax.  You’re not being greedy or demanding.  You’re being humble and totally surrendered.

The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you (2 Corinthians 13:14 MSG).