Luke 11:1-13
Well I have to
just say that I am a little blown away tonight at how our Father always leads
us in the right direction and then shows us bits of confirmation along the
way. When my brother got sick of course
I began to pray immediately, but as the days started going by I began to ask
God to show me how to pray. I asked him
to please show me what I should to do, what I am to say, to give me the right
words---I know the words in the Bible say to come boldly before His throne, I
know it also says to be humble, I know it says to ask for what your heart
desires, I know it says to take authority over sickness, I know it says by His
stripes we are healed, but I desperately wanted to make sure that I was praying
in the will of God. My prayer life changed
drastically and it was more than just my brother’s illness, I wanted to be in
the right will of God when it came to everything in my life. So along with talking to Jesus, I read and
studied God’s Word, along with other material about praying, healing, and God’s
will. What I kept running into was the
involvement of the Holy Spirit. When the
disciples spoke with boldness it was always after they were filled with the
Holy Spirit.
So then when I read these scriptures
tonight several things immediately jumped out at me…. ‘teach us to pray’ in verse 1, ‘your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven’ in verse 2, ‘yet because of his persistence’ in verse 8, ‘seek’ in verse 9 and ‘how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!’ in verse 13. So it is not just me, the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Then when I read the words in verse 2, I remembered where I had read about this scripture and it explaining that his will on earth as it is in heaven means his will in heaven is no sickness, why would he want one of his children to be sick here on earth? And then there is seeking and persistence, to me that means keeping on, keeping on---seeking the Holy Spirit and being persistent by never letting go of the promises of our Savior including by his stripes we are healed! But my favorite part comes in verse 13, why did it say he would give us the Holy Spirit and not simply say he would give us what we asked for? Because when he gives us more and more of the Holy Spirit, when we are filled with the Holy Spirit we are more and more in God’s will, we are closer to Jesus, and we are capable of greater things when the Holy Spirit is leading us. Want to know God’s will---then seek the Holy Spirit. I am so excited about this and I am not sure if I can put into words what I feel. Seeking the Holy Spirit is so, so important----that is where our boldness comes from, that is where healing comes from, that is how we will know how to pray, that is who will guide our every step, our every word! My entire life I have heard about the trinity, the Father God, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit---but I have never experienced the Holy Spirit like I have lately, but then again, I have never sought it like I have been either. It is truly as Jesus said in Acts 1 when he told his disciples to wait for the gift from his Father---it is truly a gift that we can receive over and over and more intimately and intense each time.
on earth as it is in heaven’ in verse 2, ‘yet because of his persistence’ in verse 8, ‘seek’ in verse 9 and ‘how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!’ in verse 13. So it is not just me, the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Then when I read the words in verse 2, I remembered where I had read about this scripture and it explaining that his will on earth as it is in heaven means his will in heaven is no sickness, why would he want one of his children to be sick here on earth? And then there is seeking and persistence, to me that means keeping on, keeping on---seeking the Holy Spirit and being persistent by never letting go of the promises of our Savior including by his stripes we are healed! But my favorite part comes in verse 13, why did it say he would give us the Holy Spirit and not simply say he would give us what we asked for? Because when he gives us more and more of the Holy Spirit, when we are filled with the Holy Spirit we are more and more in God’s will, we are closer to Jesus, and we are capable of greater things when the Holy Spirit is leading us. Want to know God’s will---then seek the Holy Spirit. I am so excited about this and I am not sure if I can put into words what I feel. Seeking the Holy Spirit is so, so important----that is where our boldness comes from, that is where healing comes from, that is how we will know how to pray, that is who will guide our every step, our every word! My entire life I have heard about the trinity, the Father God, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit---but I have never experienced the Holy Spirit like I have lately, but then again, I have never sought it like I have been either. It is truly as Jesus said in Acts 1 when he told his disciples to wait for the gift from his Father---it is truly a gift that we can receive over and over and more intimately and intense each time.
Thank you my
Jesus, for loving me and for wanting to fill me with your sweet, sweet guiding Holy
Spirit.
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