January 13–Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome

Happy Saturday to you and how is your day going? Here on my part of Grand Lake, the pelicans are out in full force this morning and they are magnificent creatures. I know it has to be miserable out there, wide open in that 20 degrees. They look so peaceful even though today, life is hard. Yesterday, I was working on a closet and it was hard. 


 Life can be hard. Even as a follower of Jesús, life can be really hard and sometimes, it can just be too much to handle on our own. It’s obvious that on my own, I simply do not have what it takes. I am inconsistent, I wander, I doubt and I make mistakes. But I think that’s ok because I am not designed to be perfect or even self-sufficient. 

Our security, our peace and our all sufficiency can only be found in Jesús. In Him, we have been given everything we need to face whatever today brings. We have been given God the Father, where we find our identity, and Jesus Christ, who saves and sets us free by His blood! And we have been given the Holy Spirit as a comforter. (And somehow, those pelicans seem to epitomize the Holy Spirit and yes, I know a dove is the symbol, but if you were watching these pelicans with me...)

I love the fact that none of God can ever be earned or gained in our own strength. Because just like I’m inconsistent, wandering, etc, i could never be enough to earn a part of God. But because He knows me and loves me anyway, through His mercy and compassion He offers to meet every need, if I only admit that I need Him. 

““I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.”

‭‭John‬ ‭14:25-27‬ ‭MSG‬‬

Let’s pray today: Holy Spirit, I make every part of my life available to you and I ask you to move in it all. Take over me and mould me as You would have me be—better fitted for Your work. I need You. Have Your way in all of my life—my relationships, my finances, my dreams and in the deepest parts of my heart and mind. Come like a stream in the desert, flood into every corner of me, even those places I really don’t like anyone to see. You are my confidence. You are my source.  You are my strength. Forgive me for looking to so many other sources for my security. I look to You and You alone. Amen.

Love you dear one, 

Pam

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