DAILY GRACE, THURSDAY MAY 4TH, 2023.
THE HINDRANCES TO A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE (2)
TEXT: JAMES 1:22-23
VERSE OF THE DAY:
_“BUT 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”- ACTS 1:8._
God has given the Holy Spirit, and if we are not filled with the Holy Spirit, it is due to some form of unwillingness on our side. It may be due to an unwillingness on our part to abandon the sins which prevent His infilling. We must be willing not only to separate ourselves from sin but to rid ourselves of sin. We can be worldly without ever entering a place of worldliness. We need to cleanse ourselves from all contamination of the body and Spirit, 2 Corinthians 7:1. We are to do this cleansing ourselves by deliberately removing from our lives those things that are displeasing to the Lord and unclean in His sight, 1 John 1:9.
It may be due to an unwillingness on our part to accept by faith the promise which secures His infilling, Galatians 3:14. When we have acknowledged our need, accepted the implications and abandon the sins which hinder the Spirit-filled life, then we must ask the. Lord to fill us with His. Holy Spirit, Luke 11:13, and accept His infilling by Faith (1 John 5:14-15).
It may be due to unwillingness on our part to adopt the means which maintain His infilling. The secret of the abiding fullness of the Holy Spirit is found in John 2:5. How important. it is for us to learn not only the secret of His filling but of maintaining His filling. The secret is abiding in Christ, John 15:5.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, I am willing to be filled and controlled by you in Jesus’ name, Amen.
BIBLE IN 365 DAYS:
Isa 1
Heb 9
ACTION POINT:
ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO FILL AND CONTROL YOU.