How could it be? I had just given my life to the Lord,and I was struggling to live the Christian life.
When I think about what is happening to me now, its ounds impossible. In February 1972 after my "born again"experience, I knew my heart had been cleansed, but the difficulties I faced seemed insurmountable. There were conflicts at home, indecision about my future, and a self-image as low as the floor beneath my feet.
Oh, how I wrestled with my life! It was even difficult at times to give my total love to the Lord.
I had so many urgent questions. Then two weeks later I was filled with the Spirit. I expected heaven on earth from that moment on. But it didn't happen. My day-to-day struggles continued. Certainly there were great moments of joy and exhilaration. And I would not have traded my spiritual experiences for all the oil in Saudi Arabia.
But deep inside there was a gnawing question that haunted me month after month. "Is that all there is?" I wondered.
The question would not go away. "Doesn't the Lord have something more for me?"And then, in the middle of a cold December night nearly two years after I met Christ, it happened.
As I lay on my bed in Toronto, the Holy Spirit made a mighty entrance into my room. It felt like a jolt of electricity and a blanket of warmth all at once.It took me only a few days to realize the significance of what had happened. My struggle was over! I had found the simplicity of the Christian life a personal relationship with the Holy Ghost.
Today, my heart is still troubled, but for an entirely different reason. I am deeply distressed that millions of Christians have never received even a thimbleful of what God has in store for them. They're missing the best part. And they'll never know how marvelous a walk with Christ can really be until they discover the third person of the Trinity. He's the one who helps us with the struggle.
(> NO MORE WRESTLING <)
The moment the Spirit came into my life I no longer had to battle my adversaries. They were still there, but the wrestling and the worry seemed to vanish. What happened to me was the same thing that was spoken to Israel centuries ago through the prophet Ezekiel.
Living in a time of political upheaval, he was told by the Lord: "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart off lesh.
I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walkin My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them" (Ezek. 36:26-27).
The problem still exists today! Millions of people are ina daily fight to keep the laws of God, and they are losing the war because they do not understand the Father's battle plan. His strategy could not be more succinct: "I will put my Spirit within you," says the Lord. And why is that His agenda?
He wants to "cause you" from deep inside your heart to follow His statutes. He wants to make it easy to keep His laws.
Christ even described what it would be like and how it would change their lives: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (v. 8).
(> THE SPIRIT'S ARRIVALA <)
Violent Wind;Just as real as the coming of Jesus to earth, so was the coming of the Holy Ghost. Just as the prophets predicted the Messiah, so did they foretell the coming of the Spirit. Hundreds of years before Christ, God told Joel,I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions; And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. (Joel 2:28-29)The Holy Spirit came.
And what a mighty entrance! The sound of a thunderous wind. Tongues of fire. Ademonstration of God's power.
His arrival on earth was nothing short of spectacular! When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven, a sound of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each ofthem. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.(Acts 2:1-4)It was exactly as Isaiah had foretold:
"With stammering lips and another tongue / He will speak . . . " (Isa. 28:11).Now when Jesus was born, the moment was marked bypeace and quietness. It was a beautiful night in Bethlehem, so clear that the shepherds followed the star to the manger.
What a contrast to the powerful noise that accompanied the arrival of the Holy Spirit.
It created such a clamor in Jerusalem that "When this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused" (Acts 2:6).
I used to think the phrase "When it was noised abroad" meant that someone was running around the city saying, "Come and see what is happening!" But that's not the case. The pandemonium of what happened literally was heard all over town.
You see, "There were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven" (v. 5).Can you imagine what they thought? The Word says that when they heard this sound they rushed to the scene in bewilderment "because everyone heard them speak in his own language" (v. 6).Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each in our own native language?" (vv. 7-8).
And when they heard them declare the wonders of God in their own tongues, they asked each other, "What could this mean?" (v. 12).Why 120?His thunderous coming was not scheduled for a temple made of stone. Instead, the Holy Spirit came upon 120 believers who became the new temple of God. Do you recall that when Solomon finished his temple hehad "one hundred and twenty priests sounding trumpets" (2Chron. 5:12)?
Scripture records that "The house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God" (vv. 13-14).It happened again in the Upper Room.
One hundred and twenty came together and the Spirit of God filled the temple. Why 120?
It is the number of the closing of the age of the flesh and the opening of the age of the Spirit. In Genesis, where for 120 years, Noah was building the ark, the age of the flesh ended. God said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his day sshall be one hundred and twenty years" (Gen. 6:3).
It is precisely for this purpose that the Lord gathered120 at Pentecost So that God the Holy Spirit could be released among the nations. It marked the beginning of the age of the Spirit.
Observers couldn't understand what was happening! Some made fun of them and said, "They are full of new wine" (Acts 2:13). But Peter "standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem let this be known to you, and heed my words. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since itis only the third hour of the day.
But, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel" (vv. 14-16).
The 120 were so filled with the Spirit that they could not stand under their own power. The Spirit was so mighty that He took control over the actions of the believers. He was at work changing their speech, their emotions, and their behavior.
What Jerusalem witnessed was not drunkenness, but the incredible joy that comes when the Spirit takes control. I've been accused of a few things myself. What a transformation in timid Peter.
It brought out the" preacher" in him as he "raised his voice" and spoke with boldness to the growing crowd. But who do you think gave him the words? The captivating message was that of the Holy Ghost.
"For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit" (1 Thess.1:5). That's right. The gospel is preached by the Holy Spirit. Remember, the Word says, the Spirit "working with them."He's the one who does the work.
Now watch what begins to happen suddenly in the book of Acts. The Holy Spirit gives tremendous authority to those who have received Him.
It's three o'clock in the afternoon as Peter and John were going up to the temple, and "A certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple" (Acts 3:2).Turning to the disheveled beggar, "fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, 'Look at us'" (v. 4).
It's a marvelous thing to see a man completely given over to the Holy Spirit.
Peter was filled with a boldness and power he had never known as he looked deep into the soul of thispoor man—right through his eyes.The beggar knew Peter and John were not playing games. A holy boldness had been vested in the apostles.
When Peter said, "Look at us," the man immediately "gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them" (v. 5).Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk" (v. 6).
He took him by the right hand, helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong.
"So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them walking, leaping, and praising God" (vv. 7-8).Can you imagine the consternation in the temple? The beggar made a mighty entrance of his own. They recognized him immediately and "were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him" (v. 10).
( Not a "Yesterday" Experience )
The power and authority the apostles received began to touch lives at every turn. Their ministry was followed by" many signs and wonders . . . among the people" (Acts5:12).
And what was the result? "Believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women" (v. 14). The signs that followed the coming of the Holy Spirit led people directly to Christ. That's an important fact to remember. What happened in the Upper Room was not a one-time experience; nor a footnote of history.
The Spirit-filled believers established an ongoing relationship with the Holy Ghost. They continued to be filled. When Peter was called before the Sanhedrin over the healing of the beggar, they asked "By what power or by what name have you done this?" Peter was "filled with the Holy Spirit" when he spoke (Acts 4:7-8). Not past tense, but present tense.
"Filled" describes the apostle at that very moment. Over and over in Scripture, when followers of Christ are portrayed as "filled with the Spirit," the reference is to anew infilling, not to something that happened yesterday or last month.
Peter was so full of the Spirit in the temple that he had authority over his critics. Undaunted, he said: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to the helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole" (Acts4:8-10).
Do you realize that the power of the Spirit can so infillyou that you fear absolutely no one? It's possible to establish such a communion with Him that even addressing the leader of a nation would cause no apprehension.
The Spirit will lift your head, square your shoulders, and instill in you an unexpected confidence.When I traveled to the Vatican in Rome to meet thepope, Ithought I would be nervous. But it didn't happenbecause I was so full of my subject. And among the Vatican leaders I sensed a hunger for things of the Spirit.
(< Peter the Mighty >)
Peter was facing more than the priests of the temple.
He was actually up against the government of Israel. In fact the night before he was permitted to address the priests, he and John were thrown in jail. But when he spoke, the wordswere hard-hitting. He told them the Lord was "the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone'" (Acts 4:11).
It was a direct quotation of Psalm 118:22.
Was this the same Peter who, a few weeks before, in the same place, before the same people, had been cowed by the sneer of a girl and had denied his Master? Now here hewas, filled with the Spirit, in utter fearlessness, defying the murderers of Jesus.It was no longer Peter the meek.
It was Peter the mighty. What a change the Spirit made! So great was this fellowship with the Holy Ghost that Peter directly challenged Ananias. He said: "Ananias, whyhas Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?" (Acts5:3). Peter's words and God's actions were so forceful that" great fear came upon all those who heard these things" (v.5).
( HIS CLOSENESS TO US )
I can tell you from personal experience that there comes a point where fellowship of the Spirit becomes so real, so deep, and so great that your words and actions conform to His words and actions. When you know, for example, that He has been grieved, you can speak boldly on His behalf, knowing He is flowing through you at that very moment.
You will be so near to Him that you will actually feel Him responding to what you have said.
I believe the day is approaching when men and women of God will become so close to the Spirit of God that we will witness much more than healings and miracles.
We will witness the Spirit as He scatters those who dare to fight Him.Never forget Ananias. He "fell down and breathed his last" (Acts 5:5). And never forget Gehazi.
He lied to Elisha about the gifts Naa man brought to him. Naaman was healed, but the Spirit led Elisha to say, "The leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever" (2Kings 5:27).
And that is exactly what happened. Jesus made a very powerful statement when he said,"'As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.' And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them,' Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained'" (John 20:21-23). This must have been a soberingthought and not one to be taken lightly by the apostles.
( The Face of an Angel )
Peter was so close to the Spirit he told his accusers," We are His witnesses to these things, and so also is theHoly Spirit whom God has given to those who obeyHim" (Acts 5:32).The Holy Ghost so possessed Stephen that when he was brought before the priests, "All who sat in the council,looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel" (Acts 6:15).
But, oh, the words he spoke. "You stiff-necked . . . in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you" (Acts 7:51). Why did he say that? Because of what he was filled with: "But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God" (v. 55).
The presence of the Spirit became so powerful in Stephen's life that he was able to look up and see God's glory. He even took on the emotions and attributes of the Spirit as he was being stoned. Stephen said, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin" (Acts 7:60).
Can you imagine such a reaction? He didn't say to God, "Judge them. Kill them. Slay them." The Holy Spirit made the difference. I am convinced there is a point in your relationship with the Spirit when the anointing becomes so heavy on you His presence so close to you that you can look up and see a vision of God.
That's how real He can become.
Saul, during his dramatic conversion, had a first hand experience with the awesome power of the Holy Ghost. Ashe was on his way to Damascus, breathing out murderous threats against the followers of Christ, "suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'" (Acts 9:3-4).
He was trembling and astonished. "Who are You,Lord?" Saul asked.
"I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," He replied. "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do" (Acts 9:5-6). The men traveling with Saul were stunned and speechless. Saul was blinded by the experience for three days before God healed him and he was "filled with the Holy Spirit" (v. 17).Again the Spirit made a mighty entrance.
He transformed Saul the antagonist into Paul the apostle. In touch lives at every turn. Their ministry was followed by"many signs and wonders . . . among the people" (Acts5:12).
And what was the result? "Believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women" (v. 14).
The signs that followed the coming of theHoly Spirit led people directly to Christ. That's an important fact to remember. What happened in the Upper Room was not a one-time experience; nor a footnote of history. The Spirit-filled believers established an ongoing relationship with the Holy Ghost. They continued to be filled.
When Peter was called before the Sanhedrin over the healing of the beggar, they asked "By what power or by what name have you donethis? " Peter was "filled with the Holy Spirit" when he spoke(Acts 4:7-8). Not past tense, but present tense. "Filled"describes the apostle at that very moment. Over and over in Scripture, when followers of Christ are portrayed as "filled with the Spirit," the reference is to anew infilling, not to something that happened yesterday orlast month.
Peter was so full of the Spirit in the temple that he had authority over his critics. Undaunted, he said: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:
If we this day are judged for agood deed done to the helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole" (Acts4:8-10).Do you realize that the power of the Spirit can so in fill you that you fear absolutely no one?
It's possible to establish such a communion with Him that even addressing the leader of a nation would cause no apprehension.
The Spirit will lift your head, square your shoulders, and instill in you an unexpected confidence. When I traveled to the Vatican in Rome to meet thepope, I thought I would be nervous. But it didn't happen because I was so full of my subject. And among the Vatican leaders I sensed a hunger for things of the Spirit.
(> Peter the Mighty <)
Peter was facing more than the priests of the temple. He was actually up against the government of Israel. In fact the night before he was permitted to address the priests, he and John were thrown in jail. But when he spoke, the words were hard-hitting. He told them the Lord was "the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone'" (Acts 4:11).
It was a direct quotation of Psalm 118:22.Was this the same Peter who, a few weeks before, in the same place, before the same people, had been cowed by the sneer of a girl and had denied his Master? Now here he was, filled with the Spirit, in utter fearlessness, defying the murderers of Jesus.
It was no longer Peter the meek. It was Peter the mighty.
What a change the Spirit made! So great was this fellowship with the Holy Ghost that Peter directly challenged Ananias. He said: "Ananias, whyhas Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?" (Acts5:3). Peter's words and God's actions were so forceful that"great fear came upon all those who heard these things" (v.5).
(> HIS CLOSENESS TO US <)
I can tell you from personal experience that there comes a point where fellowship of the Spirit becomes so real, so deep, and so great that your words and actions conform to His words and actions. When you know, for example, that He has been grieved, you can speak boldly on His behalf, knowing He is flowing through you at that very moment.
You will be so near to Him that you will actually feel Him responding to what you have said.
I believe the day is approaching when men and women of God will become so close to the Spirit of God that we will witness much more than healings and miracles. We will witness the Spirit as He scatters those who dare to fight Him. Never forget Ananias.
He "fell down and breathed his last" (Acts 5:5). And never forget Gehazi. He lied to Elisha about the gifts Naaman brought to him. Naaman was healed, but the Spirit led Elisha to say, "The leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever" (2Kings 5:27).
And that is exactly what happened. Jesus made a very powerful statement when he said,"'As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.' And when Hehad said this, He breathed on them, and said to them,'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they areretained'" (John 20:21-23). This must have been a sobering thought and not one to be taken lightly by the apostles.
( The Face of an Angel )
Peter was so close to the Spirit he told his accusers,"We are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him" (Acts 5:32).The Holy Ghost so possessed Stephen that when he was brought before the priests, "All who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of anangel" (Acts 6:15).
But, oh, the words he spoke. "You stiff-necked . . . in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you" (Acts 7:51). Why did he say that? Because of what he was filled with: "But he,being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God" (v. 55). The presence of the Spirit became so powerful in Stephen's life that he was able to look up and see God's glory. He even took on the emotions and attributes of the Spirit as he was being stoned. Stephen said, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin" (Acts 7:60).
Can you imaginesuch a reaction? He didn't say to God, "Judge them. Kill them. Slay them." The Holy Spirit made the difference.I am convinced there is a point in your relationship with the Spirit when the anointing becomes so heavy on you His presence so close to you that you can look up and seea vision of God. That's how real He can become.Saul, during his dramatic conversion, had a firsthand experience with the awesome power of the Holy Ghost.
As he was on his way to Damascus, breathing out murderous threats against the followers of Christ, "suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'" (Acts 9:3-4).He was trembling and a stonished. "Who are You,Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you a repersecuting," He replied. "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do" (Acts 9:5-6). The men traveling with Saul were stunned and speechless.
Saul was blinded by the experience for three days before God healed him and he was "filled with the Holy Spirit" (v. 17).Again the Spirit made a mighty entrance. He transformed Saul the antagonist into Paul the apostle. In fact, the effect was felt across the land. The church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria "had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied" (Acts9:31).
I can only imagine what would happen if every minister in the land were to fall prostrate and seek a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. Talk about revival! Ibelieve it would so revolutionize the church world that the sanctuaries could not begin to accommodate the people. Thank God for pastors who are "alive" in the Spirit, but I've heard some ministers that, to be honest, would be better suited as morticians! A continuing communion with the Spirit makes the difference. People are starving for a reality that only the Holy Ghost makes possible.
| He Never Stops Working |
From the moment of Pentecost the Spirit began His work on earth, and it has never stopped. Never! It's incredible how He intervened in the life of Peter. As he was praying on a rooftop, God gave him a vision, and "While Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Behold, three men are seeking you. Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them'" (Acts 10:19-20).The three men the Spirit told him about were sent by a God-fearing man named Cornelius, a centurion in the Italian regiment. He also had a vision: "He saw clearly an angel of God coming in and saying to him. 'Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter'" (Acts 10:3,5). But it was not the angel speaking. It was the Holy Spirit speaking through the angel. Remember? The "Spirit said . . .I have sent them" (vv.19-20). The Holy Spirit is an active person. He never stops working. He'll even send an angel to you if that is what you have need of.
What happens on earth is the Spirit's doing. He's the representative of the Father and the Son. At the house of Cornelius, Peter preached the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. And "While Peter wasstill speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word" (Acts 10:44).The believers who had come with him, "were astonished because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God" (vv. 45-46). Never forget that the Word comes first. The message of Christ takes preeminence. The gospel is the foundation for everything God the Holy Spirit was sent todo.The Spirit is concerned about your life even your future. He wants to guide you, protect you, even warn you of what lies ahead. You ask, "Can the Holy Spirit prophesy about things to come?" Look at what happened when Barnabas went to the great city of Antioch.
Over half amillion people lived there at the time. For an entire year Barnabas and Saul taught great numbers of people in that growing megachurch. And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea.(Acts 11:27-29)That's how close the Holy Spirit was to their daily lives. He revealed a coming drought and thus allowed them to beprepared when the famine actually came. The Spirit is aperson, and He's deeply concerned about people. He knowswhat is happening in your life and has great concern for you.
( > The Spirit and the Sorcerer <)
Isn't it time that you allow the Spirit to order your steps? Why attempt to plan your own course when He knows every inch of the road ahead, every dangerous curve, every pothole. That's what the Christians at Antioch learned. "As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, 'Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them'" (Acts 13:2).They responded immediately: "So, being sent out by theHoly Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus" (v. 4). The disciples were doing the work of the Father, but who sent them? They received direct instructions from the Spirit. And during their journey the Holy Ghost never stopped working. He even gave them power over a false prophet.
Elymas was a Jewish sorcerer and a magician. He triedto stop what the power of God was doing on Cyprus. But,"Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at [Elymas] and said, 'O full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?'" (Acts 13:9-10).What an indictment! In fact, the Spirit was so strong on Paul that he told the sorcerer he would become blind. And he did.
But as a direct result people began turning to Christ,"And the word of the Lord was being spread through out all the region" (Acts 13:49). "And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit" (v. 52).You ask, "Should I allow the Holy Spirit to make all the decisions? After all, didn't God give me a mind of me. Of course He did. But what makes sense to you should also make sense to the Spirit. The church council at Jerusalem wrote, "It seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and tous . . ." (Acts 15:28). When it is right it will be confirmed by the Holy Ghost, and you will know the direction to take.
( The Message and the Messenger )
If the Spirit was so necessary for Christ, He should be every bit as important to you. Jesus was born of the Spirit, anointed by the Spirit, cast out devils by the Spirit, received his fullness by the Spirit, and performed miracles by the Spirit.
And it was by the Holy Ghost that He taught, gave commands, empowered and governed the church, offered Himself on the cross, and was resurrected."How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" (Heb. 9:14).
The same Spirit that was essential for the earthly work of Christ is necessary for you.He is in dispensable. Your experience of salvation is based on Christ, the cross, and your confession. But how did you receive the reality of your regeneration? How did you know your heart had been cleansed? That, my friend, is the work of the Holy Spirit. It's the Spirit of the Lord that places the message in your very soul. You can't find adequate words to describe or explain it, but you know it is as valid as life itself. If that reality is so strong, so deep, and so personal, then how real is the one who gives it? It's a significant question. How real must be the messenger if the message is so real? The Holy Spirit longs for a daily, ongoing personal relationship with you. He wants to make an entrance—amighty entrance—into your life.
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