1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 Do not stifle the Holy Spirit. Do not scoff at prophesies, but test everything that I said. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from every kind of evil.
You may have woken up all bright and breezy this morning, or a bit bleary eyed, but the lovely thing is God is right here with us, lifting us up as we begin our new day and that’s a good thing we can hold on to.😊
As we launch into another week I just wanted to encourage us all to hold on to God and the goodness He’s brought into our lives. Apparently ‘to hold on’ here means to seize and hold in such a way that it restrains something or someone else.
For instance when you hold on to the rope when the life boat rescues you, you are holding on to stop the sea from drowning you! In the same way we have to hold on to anything that God has spoken or given to us that is good, to stop the enemy’s lies from engulfing and drowning us or trying to steal it from us.
It’s like when we read or hear something from scripture and it jumps in our spirits then we know the Holy Spirit is speaking to us and we should hold tightly to it and not let it go because it must be important. It would help to write it down, and keep referring to it so we don’t forget what God has said. It might change the course of our lives, or even save our lives. God never says something willy nilly! If He said it, He meant it. Paul says don’t despise those promptings, test them against scripture and hold on to them or the enemy will try to steal them from us.
In Luke 8:5-15 Jesus said the sower sows the seed (the word of God) and it falls on four types of ground but He says Satan comes and steals the Word if he can. Our job is to tell Satan he can’t! We’re holding on to it for all we’re worth. It’s our lifeline to our future, the lifeline to our peace and joy and fulfilment. It may even be the lifeline to help someone else or for their salvation!
So let me encourage you today - whatever good God has given you whether it’s some thing, or a word - hold on to it!
Have a blessed, holding on week, knowing God is also holding on to you!😊
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