Your 24/7 Companion

Scripture: John 14:16,18

Recently we celebrated Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension but His involvement in our lives did not stop there. His promise to his disciples, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you" (v18) becomes clearer in His words, "And I will pray the Father and He will give you another Helper/Counsellor (the Holy Spirit) that He may abide with you forever." This promise is also applicable to all believers in 2012. Can you believe it? We have a 24/7 companion in the Person of the Holy Spirit

We celebrate Pentecost annually  - that event shortly after Jesus' ascension - when the Holy Spirit was poured out on a few praying and waiting followers of Jesus. That day a sound of a rushing mighty wind filled the house and they saw divided tongues as of fire that sat upon each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:2-8). These were languages they did not know themselves although the crowd present could understand them! This was the promised gift of God empowering them!

In the past few days we looked into a few things the Holy Spirit does in our lives. The immense magnitude, power and blessing of the Holy Spirit in every believer's life is not merely a historical event restricted to a certain age but is a promise "to you and to your children and to all who are afar off..." (Acts 2:39)

Jesus is the example of how the Holy Spirit is involved in our lives 24/7 by being in, with and upon us. Jesus was procreated by the Holy Spirit and the Spirit in Him produced the fruit of good character. In Luke 3:22; 4:18 the Spirit came upon Him to produce a ministry of power.

Our spirits were also called into being or made alive by the Holy Spirit at our rebirth. He also makes it possible for us to bear good and permanent fruit because He now lives in us. It is He who enables us to bear this fruit but only if we abide in Him (John15:5,6). Furthermore we are dependent on the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to effectively witness to people that Jesus' death and resurrection saves man.

May the fullness of the Holy Spirit be a reality to you in your life. He is after all the third Person in the Godhead who came to make home in and with you.

Prayer: Father thank you for the Holy Spirit in believers' lives. Yes, He is invisible for the natural eye but visible for those whose spiritual eyes are open.  Amen