It occurred to me last Sunday as I listened to Dr. Bob speak about the Holy Spirit, that so many nonbelievers have a really hard time understanding the possibility of the Holy Spirit. It really is a hard thing to grasp without knowing. I’m sure there are many people that think Christians are crazy and make this stuff up to feel better about themselves while alive…to give themselves hope of “something else.”
While thinking about all this…it made me think about searching for something in general. My mom always used to make fun of my sister Erin when she was looking for something because she would always yell, “Mom! I can’t find it” and my mom would yell back, “Have you picked anything up to look for it?” How can anyone expect to find something without a full out search. Not everything is clearly on the surface to find. In my experience, all the good stuff is found from digging deep. Say you lose your wallet…you can’t just say, “where’s my wallet” and then stand still. If you want to find it, you have to start looking…actively looking. Things need to be moved…or you need to be moved to a different place to find it. It is not going to just find you because you said “where’s my wallet.”
So, this being said…if you don’t know the amazing power of the Holy Spirit. If you don’t truly understand the love of Jesus, perhaps it’s because you never “picked anything up to look for it.” I encourage you to pray…even if you have never done so before…pray to God and ask Him to reveal the Holy Spirit to you. And then don’t just stop there. You should look for it. Look for it everywhere. Try to truly find it and you won’t miss it. You will be pleasantly surprised.
I’ll leave you with one of my all time favorite verses (the one that brought me to know Jesus as my Savior)…
Matthew 7: 7-8
7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Have a Holy Spirit filled day 🙂
