The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Corinthians 13:14,
"May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."
The thought of the "fellowship of the Holy Spirit" intrigues me this morning. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would come to us in John 14:25. Paul tells us that believers are "marked in him [Jesus Christ] with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance…" This is something we all receive.
Paul also tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:7, 13, "Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good… we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body… we were all given the one Spirit to drink."
We also read that the Holy Spirit bears fruit in our lives. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Galatians 5:22-23b.
I find this all just fascinating. The thought that God would send the Holy Spirit to dwell within the heart of each believer, placing us within the ranks of those whom God calls his children, guaranteeing our inheritance as a child of God, and bringing us a family resemblance to God's Son, called the "fruit of the Spirit", speaks to me of the wonder of who God is and what he does.
It is the Holy Spirit who changes us from within, making possible our fellowship with God and with one another. There are those days when I can hardly live with myself, and yet God has loved me with such a boundless love that he has sent his Holy Spirit to make a new creation of me that God and I might have fellowship, that you and I might have fellowship.
What a mystical reality!
The thought of the "fellowship of the Holy Spirit" intrigues me this morning. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would come to us in John 14:25. Paul tells us that believers are "marked in him [Jesus Christ] with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance…" This is something we all receive.
Paul also tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:7, 13, "Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good… we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body… we were all given the one Spirit to drink."
We also read that the Holy Spirit bears fruit in our lives. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Galatians 5:22-23b.
I find this all just fascinating. The thought that God would send the Holy Spirit to dwell within the heart of each believer, placing us within the ranks of those whom God calls his children, guaranteeing our inheritance as a child of God, and bringing us a family resemblance to God's Son, called the "fruit of the Spirit", speaks to me of the wonder of who God is and what he does.
It is the Holy Spirit who changes us from within, making possible our fellowship with God and with one another. There are those days when I can hardly live with myself, and yet God has loved me with such a boundless love that he has sent his Holy Spirit to make a new creation of me that God and I might have fellowship, that you and I might have fellowship.
What a mystical reality!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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