We all need “a push,” a friend, from time to time in our lives; that friend can be the Holy Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit gives us the power, the strength, and the hope to climb any mountain, to ford any river, or to put one foot in front of the other in any difficult journey we are on. The Holy Spirit is the energy behind our creation and the faith to be born again. When you confess your faith in God, you can do amazing things for others.
Because our church communities bear witness to the unity and spirit encircling their buildings, unity and spirit can and should spread into our communities and the world. Someone once said, “Genius is not enough to change people. It takes courage to change people’s hearts.” When the unbelievers in our communities see the spirit and courage of our church members, they want what believers have. They see our very souls, and they see the protection that God gives us. Only when the unbelievers open their hearts to God can they know true Eternal life. The Holy Spirit supervises our churches, keeps them running, and keeps the church body “Holy.”
In our travels across this beautiful world created by God’s love and hope, we realize that only our Heavenly Father could have created such a wonder, such a mysterious place, such a beautiful gift to us. It is through our faith that we become an integral part of His Eternal heart. The Holy Spirit guides you to lovingly and kindly react to those in real need, and we should lend a hand whenever and wherever we can. The Holy Spirit hears our prayers and always sends someone to help us on our journeys. When the Holy Spirit enters our bodies, we are truly born again just like we were blessed as infants in our mothers’ arms on that first day we took our first breath in a world we had yet to discover.
As we walk our paths, God did not create our troubles; we did. We try to handle everything ourselves, denying or forgetting that He, alone, has the solutions to our troubles. When we fall due to our own inadequacies, God will pull us up by His hands and lovingly give us the solutions we need. Placing those solutions in our minds, the Holy Spirit gives our hearts the power to make good decisions and to bring His light into the world.
What if we say, “No!,” to the Holy Spirit? We pridefully think we can handle all things. Forgiveness comes after the fall and when we apologize to God for our short comings. All things are possible with God; we can only do so much ourselves. The power of the Holy Spirit saves us from ourselves and dwells within us. God calls us worthy and asks us to attend church to worship together with others. In cooperating with the Holy Spirit’s promises, we can walk in step with it and follow its pace. We are blessed with joy, love, peace, hope, patience, kindness, integrity, goodness, and self-control; when any of these fruits are lacking, we can go to God, in prayer, to ask for more. Our gift to God should always be to quickly obey His requests to help others before ourselves.
We really are blessed to be born a Child of God, to be loved by His beloved Son, and to be given the power to succeed by the Holy Spirit. The Trinity forms the core of who we are as Christians. There is no emptiness in our hearts, minds, and souls when we love the One who gives us life and an Eternal home.
Anna Hartt
