Wednesday December 6 2012:
Acts 2:4. “And everyone present
was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages as the
Holy Spirit gave them this ability.”
To speak in
other languages in this way is sometimes called a manifestation of the Holy
Spirit. Some churches are witness to
several different kinds of manifestations.
Some will go to extremes and use it as a way to obtain attention from
media or other sources..
Some churches
discourage any manifestations of the Holy Spirit could it be because they are afraid of losing
control of the congregation or that they are afraid of allowing God to be in
full control?
My own
experience of a specific experience with a manifestation of the Holy Spirit
involves a wondrous time of feeling like I was being showered with warm oil and
a joy so powerful that it could not be contained and just seemed to bubble out
in tears and emotion that was
wonderful. I remember longing for this
feeling to remain.
I was
accompanying high school students from a
Christian School on a short-term mission experience in Mexico. I was feeling
superfluous and wondering why I actually came when the power of the Holy Spirit
came upon me so strongly that I could not do anything to suppress it or control
it.
It was a positive and memorable experience that enabled me to gain
strength with a new and wondrous peace that enveloped me for some time
after.
I long for another touch like
that but I know there is nothing I can do to have it repeated; it must come
from the hand of God or it will not be real.
I feel it was a gift from God to comfort and confirm that he was taking
care of me while enabling me to become closer to him with a new understanding
of who God is.
Prayer for today: Heavenly
Father, I just want to thank you today for your faithfulness. I know you are with me for anything that is
not real could never touch me as you have.
Your promises always are evident and you deserve all honour and glory
for you are the one and only God. In
Jesus name, Amen.
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