John 5:19 So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does the Son also does.
Do you ever do daft things? I do! The other day I was dusting my cabinet, removed all the bits and bobs off a cloth I have on there, then shook it out the window to get rid of the dust only to hear this rattling noise as something fell down onto the conservatory roof and disappeared from sight! My first thought was that I’d thrown my ring out the window, but thankfully realised it was just two unwrapped paracetamols and they’d clattered down the roof and into the gulley! Not many people toss paracetamols out the window but it seems I do daft things sometimes!😊
It happened because I wasn’t paying enough attention to what I was doing and was in a bit of a hurry. That can happen in our daily walk with the Lord too. We may not be paying enough attention to what the Holy Spirit is trying to say to us. He’s trying to get our attention to help or warn us in some way but we’re busy, rattling through everything we have to do and sometimes end up doing things we wished we hadn’t, or doing them in our own strength. Have you ever been doing something and felt the Holy Spirit tell you it was time to stop but kept on going, only to really regret it later? You wish you’d listened!
John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things,…
The Holy Spirit is our Helper but He’ll only step in and help if we ask Him to. He doesn’t arbitrarily take over our lives. Like I say we have to be listening and sensitive to His promptings and as Jesus Himself reminded us, He said He could do nothing on His own! Do we forget sometimes and try to do stuff without asking the Holy Spirit to help us? It’s easily done.
So this is just a gentle reminder to help us pay more attention if we need to, so we don’t end up doing daft things like me and remember it’s best to ask the Holy Spirit, at the beginning of the day, to help us with everything, just like Jesus, whether we think we need to or not!😊 And always check before you throw anything out the window!😊
John 5:30 I can do nothing on my own.
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