RESH - We all reach spiritual plateaus. No, not of holiness but a flattening out of our efforts. A place where we have finally done all the real “spiritual” things but still feel a peculiar emptiness. At other times we are deluged by negative circumstance and all our good intentions get swept away by floods of anxiety. At such times discernment dictates we go beyond our selves and seek renewal, a quickening or a coming to life by the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit. The Psalmist prays “quicken me according to your word.” What may some of those words be? I can think of the “fear nots,” one for every day of the year. There is also “be still,” and most powerful of all, “I am.”
We can study the Bible, love God with all our hearts and be model Christians in every area of living. Still, I am powerless to enliven my spirit. I cannot generate a revival through religious calisthenics. Only the Holy Spirit, the one who raised the Son from the dead has that power. As the old hymn says: O Holy Ghost revival comes from thee/Send a revival start the work in me.©8/2010
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