Q&A

What do we do when our last and final hopes seem to evaporate? What do we do when we are confronted by problems that are so much bigger than our means of solving them? What do we do when our financial security and asset reserves shrink?

Often I am prone to work it out myself. I put on my big-boy pants and try to fix it myself. But without the power of the Holy Spirit, my feeble attempts are no match for the adversary. We are in a desperate relationship with the Holy Spirit. It’s so easy to forget that most struggles that I face are opportunities to grow into a more faithful believer.

What is impossible in your life? The challenge for today is to pray for the power of the Holy Spirit and see what happens. It may not happen today. The problem might seem unrelenting but just pray for the room to be shaken. And maybe that’s the bigger picture. Maybe God’s more interested in shaking you than he is fixing you.

Comments

[Sarah Howell]

Great words Matt. In the life of a believer, the Holy Spirit is evidence that God is Jehovah Shammah (“The Lord is There.”) I love all three members of the God-head. But God has used the often mysterious 3rd member of the Trinity to move me closer to Him, to empower me with boldness, and to guide me into truth. The Holy Spirit is there, residing in me, and the gifts of the Spirit flow out of me as a result of His presence. Because of God’s grace, He has used the Holy Spirit in my life to benefit other members of the body of Christ, exercising through me the spiritual gifts of prophecy, wisdom, discerning of spirits, and intercession in an unknown tongue.

I cherish the Holy Spirit’s presence in my life. He has taken me to greater depths in God, revealed spiritual truths, disciplined me, convicted me, and instructed me. And I am the richer for it. For His presence in my life is a constant reminder that God truly is Jehovah Shammah.

[matt]

Thanks Sarah. I always enjoy hearing your thoughts.