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WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT

LORD, YOU GIVE ME

        Lord……………………………
You give me breath when I can’t breathe
You give me light when I am in darkness
You give me understanding when nothing makes sense
You give me wisdom when I feel clueless
You give me empathy when I feel it not.
You give me faith when I am doubting
You give me perseverance when I want to quit
You give me humility amidst my pride
You give me protection when I feel vulnerable
You give me provisions when I have not
You give me energy when I am spent
You give me forgiveness when I fall to sin
You give me kindness when I feel mean
You give me comfort when I can’t find it anywhere
You give me healing when I am hurt
You give me myself when I know not who I am
You give me clarity when I am confused
You give me self-control when I am without it
You give me direction calling me back when I stray
You give me a sense of things when all seems nonsense
You give me people that I need to be placed in my life
You give me the joy to rid me of my sadness
You give me blamelessness and help me feel guiltless
You give me creativity when for me it is not there
You give me generosity when I feel like being stingy
You give me life when I feel lifeless
You give me gentleness when I feel forceful
You give me purity when I feel impure
You give me knowledge when I know not.
You give me mercy when I do not deserve it
You give me courage when I am fearful
You give me belief when I am unbelieving
You give me the call to forgive when I want to hold a grudge
You give me patience when I am at the end of my rope
You give me motivation when I can’t motivate myself
You give me death to self so that in me you shall be
You give me good from all thing in my life (Romans 8:28)

Dr. Don’s Reflections

I do not date many of the Whispers of the Holy Spirit but this one was given to me in November of 2017.  After reading the pages of a book on Brother Lawrence an amazing servant of God in the 1600s, I wrote down this Whisper as the Holy Spirit gave me the words to creates such a list.

This is a long way to say Christ is everything to me and all goodness in me comes from him.  Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit knows no boundaries in bringing those he chooses to holiness.  Now I am not saying I am holy but I can say I am more holy now than I was when I received Jesus.  After all these years Jesus is still working with me. The Holy Spirit still dwells in me. Jesus is still calling me and giving me mercy when I do not deserve it. He is still giving me patience when I find myself at the end of my rope. Or he is still giving me an understanding of issues when I choose not to understand. I am a work in progress and have been since I was born, born in the Holy Spirit that is.

Certainly, other souls in the same time frame could be much further along than me but I am OK with that. Christ knew I was a hard case when I was born again in the Holy Spirit. In fact, I knew I was a hard case for salvation but I wanted it enough to start and stay with Christ knowing somehow he would give me what I needed to be with him in eternity. 

The list above is a partial list of what he does for me. Christ never stops giving. The bottom line is I am nothing without Christ. All the good that comes from me is from Christ and anything not good is from my human way which I am trying to shed as much as I can while on earth. Through the grace of God, I want to be ready upon my death to be accepted into his eternal love.

Dr. Don’s Comments

Someone reading this might likely say to themselves “gee can’t this guy do any for himself” and I guess my answer would be sure.  I can fall into temptation by myself and I can sin by myself but anything good from me comes from Jesus Christ by way of the Holy Spirit.

What about you?  How much do you depend on the Holy Spirit and Jesus?

Are you of the belief that anything you get done has to be by and through you?

Do you think you can go it alone or do you depend on the Holy Spirit to guide you, counsel you, and teach you?

If you are like me you took credit for most good things in your life. Even though you were walking with Christ, you failed to realize that God cannot work with someone who wants to go it alone.  So when you try to do everything yourself for yourself it seldom works out.

If that is where you are in your walk with Christ do not fret. Christ will bring you to the point as he did me that you will understand it is through him, with him and in him that you must live your life. 

For a believing Christian, it is not what you can do it is what the Lord empowers you to do through the Holy Spirit.  This empowerment is only fueled by surrender. Surrender of self to Christ so you can live the life he wants you to live which is not necessarily the life you had planned for yourself.

The surrender does not happen in a day. It is a process, a lifetime give and take process, but as time goes by you become more mature in the Lord and you start to get how life works with Christ.

Review the list above and see how many of these given ways of Lord you have experience. Has lord given you patience when you were at the end of your rope? Has the Lord given you motivation when you were not motivated yourself?  See how many times you were gifted.

Then look at the list again and choose the areas where you feel you need the Lord to give to you.  Would you like the Lord to give you Knowledge when you know not or would you like him to give you comfort when you can’t find it anywhere? Check out the wonders of the Lord for what I have listed above are the wonders of the Lord in my life.