"That which if born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
John 3:6
I've heard before that it takes the work of the Holy Spirit for someone to really know God and see their own need for Him. And I guess I believed it, but today it started making more sense.
In my BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) lesson we're reading in Matthew about Mary's choice to serve God and today, I was to look up some other verses which confirm the Spirit and its work in the world.
"The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters."
Genesis 1:2
"The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life."
Job 33:4
I guess I never really thought or bothered to find out what the Holy Spirit does exactly. In Acts, Luke writes about the coming of the Holy Spirit and how it enables us to feel the presence of God and allows us to hear His voice. Luke shares the events following the Spirit coming to dwell among us on earth and the mighty works that were done in God's name. In John, Jesus often talks about a Helper that will come and make Heavenly things known to us and bring us the remembrance of things He has taught. But the verses above shed a new light on the Spirit's work and certainly give me a different and greater understanding God's power.
It was the Spirit of God that was sent to put Christ's life into Mary's womb. It was the Spirit that God sent to be over the earth while creating it's form and beauty. And Job shows us that it is God's Spirit which comes to give us life, to create a life inside our soul that will live eternally. From the moment we are saved, we are beginning our eternal life. It doesn't start when we die, but begins when we see the Lord clearly, and it is His own Spirit that brings this gift to us. It makes you wonder how many times in your life His Spirit has been working without you taking time to see it. It certainly makes me see how nothing in this world that causes my spirit to stir is without the presence of God.
I got a bit sidetracked from the original verse, stating that nothing of the world can be spiritual on its own. We must know that all good things spiritual are from the Lord but we should also recognize that Satan does his own spiritual work here in the world, which is not good and not from the Lord.
"I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me."
John 14:30
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."
1 Peter 5:8
Satan will go to great lengths to make his work seem like the righteous will of God. But with the power of the Holy Spirit, the studying of God's word, and asking for discernment in prayer, He will show us the truth. We must genuinely desire to know God's Spirit and His will, and Christ says that we will find it.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."
Matthew 7:7-8
Finally, I'll leave with these verses from John, where Christ is speaking of the power we have in God because of Jesus leaving and the Spirit coming to us. May God enable you to discern and witness His Spirit to really see the Glory of His work here on earth.
"Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works that these he will do, because I go to my Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
John 14:12-14
God is able to do anything to reveal His glory, we need only recognize it and ask.
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