Galations 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Ephesians 5:18 but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 3:19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Today we're looking at another reason we need faith.
God tells us in these verses that we receive the Holy Spirit by faith and that He wants us to be filled with His Holy Spirit because when we are then we will be filled with God Himself, filled with Jesus' Spirit.
If something is filled up then there is no room for anything else. When your fridge is full after going shopping it only stays full for a short time before you eat something and there are empty shelves again.
We are like the fridge, we all need to be replenished in our spirits with more of the Holy Spirit because as we pour out we'll empty out without a fresh infill and we all know what that looks like! Grumpy, tired, depressed, negative...
When we fill up with the Holy Spirit, we fill up on the fullness of God and we do it by faith in His Word. We'll be filling up with His peace even during the storms, filling up with His unconditional love for us, so we can pour it out on others. We'll be filling up with His 'dunamis' dynamite power and strength by faith in His promises. We'll fill up on His joy knowing we're at one with Him and nothing can separate us from His love.
Everyday we need to go to God's petrol pump and plug in to Him and His Word until our tank is filled up again with His Holy Spirit. And how do we do that? - by faith!
Jesus told us He couldn't do anything except His Father did it through Him. He was reminding us we can't do this life without God's help and instruction. But when we do it full of His Holy Spirit's power we shall do it well for His glory.
So, by faith, let's get so full of God's fullness there's no room for anything else, grumpy or otherwise! What a thought!😊 Isn't faith wonderful!
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