God's Spirit is with us to help us
with our life's tasks. His Spirit is bountiful and full of mercy
and good fruit. His Spirit has the ability to do anything and
everything for us and through us. He wants to rejoice in us and
work through us in order to change this world into a better place.
He wants us to bring Heaven on earth by allowing Him to flow
through. That is why Jesus said the following in John 7:38, 39:
"He who believes in Me, as the
Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living
water." But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those
believing in Him would receive."
His Spirit within us is like a flow
of rivers. Notice not a trickle or a muddy pool, but rivers of
water gushing out from within us. He has been poured out on us in
abundance and now He wants to flow out of us in abundance. His
living water wants to flow through and bring life to
situations in this world. He wants to change people's lives and
their circumstances for the better. But He wants to work through
you. You need to be open to be used. What a sad day it would be if
you weren't willing. The God of the Universe chose you to work
through and yet you declined. That is failure, even if you were the
CEO of the biggest global company in the world; you didn't 'climb
the corporate ladder in His Kingdom'. God is reaching out and
asking you to be a vessel for Him. You actually needn't do much;
you simply need to be willing to be used. He will flow through and
do what needs to be done. He will even help you when you do not
know how to pray:
"Likewise the Spirit also helps
in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered." Romans 8:26
God in His infinite wisdom knew
that sometimes your words will run out, your strength may decline
and then you can only turn to Him and allow Him to pray on your
behalf. And praying like that also builds up our faith. We
certainly have a wonderful God.
"But you, beloved,
building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in
the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."
Jude 1:20, 21
Allow Him to pray through you and
to work through you, all the while keeping yourself in the love of
God. Allow Him free access into the deepest part of your soul. Give
Him free reign. That is why Jesus says in several places that
everything you pray for will be given unto you. Because if you pray
with His Spirit flowing through you, you are praying His will and
it will certainly come to pass! That is wonderful news. We just
need to keep the door open for Him to flow through; it is really as
simple as that.
And yet we often find it very
difficult to do. We get so lost and wound up in this world and all
the pressures that it brings that we don't even glance in His
direction. We run and run, tired to the bone, and do not have
enough energy to say a 5 minute prayer before we go to sleep. We
have it all wrong. We must give over to Him, spend time with Him,
pray and allow Him to take over. THEN we can go about our day and
we will run and not grow weary, walk and not faint. We will fly on
eagle's wings.
"But those who wait on the Lord
shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like
eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not
faint." Isaiah 40:31
Come on and fly on wings like
eagles. It sounds much better than tiredly retiring to bed at
night. It is within your hands, the choice is yours.
Father we choose to fly. We want to
fly onto higher heights that You are planning for us. We don't want
to rush anymore, but rather we want to glide with You, praying in
Your Spirit and seeing how Your will comes to pass. We want Your
rivers of living water to influence all around us. Amen