Some people say that the Holy Spirit is the bashful person of the Trinity. The Spirit seems so elusive for conservative people like me. I love this passage from Richard Lovelace’s Dynamics of the Christian Life. It reminds me of where I need to be in keeping in step with the Spirit:
“We should make a deliberate effort at the outset of every day to recognize the person of the Holy Spirit, to move into the light concerning his presence in our consciousness and to open up our minds and to share all our thoughts and plans as we gaze by faith into the face of God. We should continue to walk throughout the day in a relationship of communication and communion with the Spirit mediated through out knowledge of the Word, relying upon every office of the Holy Spirit’s role as a counselor mentioned in Scripture. We should acknowledge him as the illuminator of truth and of the glory of Christ. We should look to him as our teacher, guide, sanctifier, giver of assurance concerning our sonship and standing before God, helper in prayer, and as the one who directs and empowers witness.”
The opposite of keeping in step with the spirit is living in the flesh. The spirit brings life and the flesh brings death. We need the Spirit because we have been broken by sin. We need continually to be refreshed and spiritually renewed. My hope is that the Spirit would continually bring renewal to my heart and my church.
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