BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT

 

     Jesus talked about being filled with the Holy Spirit.  This means being immersed or saturated, This also means he will comfort us in times of trouble and difficulty.  He will help us live in victory and freedom.  He will help fulfill our mandate and teach us in all truth.  He will live and flow through us in this dying world in which we live.  He will renew and regenerate us.  He will produce in us the fruit of the Spirit.

     What is it that hampers the Holy Spirit.  It is having worldly mindedness.  It is walking in our own ways and being selfish.  It is not surrendering to the Lord.  Jesus said that if we were not willing to die to self, we are not worthy of Him. 

     When you are being filled with the Spirit you are in war with the devil, world and even yourself.  You become distressed over the condition of the world and the church.  You will be in conflict with people, society, and others but your more concerned about pleasing God than people.  Being filled with the Spirit you are not worried about anything that happens to you because you know God is with you.  You have the inward support of the Holy Spirit.