Day 25 of our 2014, 30-day Fast: DO NOT QUENCH THE SPIRIT Amid a list of orders for Christian conduct, Paul mentions the need for spiritual hunger in a mature Christian believer. Does this instruction bring back thoughts of times when you have felt a pull on your heart but have ignored it or promised to take care of it tomorrow? How many times as a Christian have you missed the opportunity to be challenged? How many directions have you missed because you are too busy with your selfishness or your pride? Many Christians are guilty of this same act of “quenching the Spirit.” And, to take the thought further, we must question what the state of the church could be if only we would yield to the pull on our heart and follow. Often we question God on what our future holds and, in the midst of our personal battle, our sin of quenching the Spirit has surfaced. Sometimes we can be so incredibly human! We beg God for answers to our life questions, but when we feel a tug on our heart to go spend some time in prayer, we always seem to find something else to do. Could it be that in these times of insolence, the Spirit had desired to show us something? Something about the future He has for us? Someone in trouble that we should pray for? What have we been missing on because we have found just the right thirst-aid to get us through the tugging on our heart? Today, ask the Spirit for a thirst that won’t be quenched by any excuse of busyness or pride. Let’s not be insensitive to the gift we have in the Holy Spirit. Yearn to be examined and re-examined. Pray that He would burn upon our hearts and that He would, once again, come fresh to us today with new direction and conviction. CHURCH PRAYER TOPIC: That we may lift each other up and truly love one another with an unconditional love, as Christ loves us.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:35:38 +0000