Tuesday, May 15, 2012

SPIRIT-DIRECTED PROMPTINGS

Finding words to adequately define the promptings of the Holy Spirit is no easy feat.  Promptings are mystical.  They are phenomenal.  They are intangible.  And they're real.  In fact, promptings have been present in the lives of Christ-followers since Jesus left his bodily form on earth and ascended to heaven.  Remember?  That was the day when He sent the Spirit of God to take up residence in the heart of every believer.  "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you," He said. (It should clue us in to the challenging nature of our mission that Christ would need to send a permanent source of supernatural power to assist us.)
But what exactly was this power all about?  The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth.  They are to be Christ's witnesses all over this planet.  It's as if Christ said, "Think you're missing the book smarts, the street smarts, the looks, the talent, or the speaking ability to accomplish this mission?  Don't be concerned with those things, because you have my mountain-moving, life-transforming, death-defying power on your side." 

-- Bill Hybels in Just Walk Across the Room


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