Do you believe?
I would of loved to be a part of Pentecost. Many believed the power of the Holy Spirit that day, by the acts that were revealed in plain sight. Others who did not believe, chalked it up to being drunk with wine. Can you imagine what that day looked like after reading Acts 2:1-13? What picture are you drawing in your mind of that day? I bet the day was filled with chaos of astonishment, fear, joy and shock. How do you think you would of reacted? Do you think you would have had time to process or react? Do you think it would be something that would occur within you at the time based on the posture of your heart?
After reading this piece of scripture and seeing the power of the Holy Spirit at work within the ones who believed, I believe that an Acts 2 church is how we should live our lives today. The miracles that took place that day are still available and at work today in our lives if you believe. The people that moved forward did many great things in the name of Jesus. They took the gospel, the Good News and carried it forward into unknown territories to share the testimony of Jesus Christ and to set captives free. We all need set free of something. Our gift is Jesus Christ the Son of God who came to set us free so that we can receive the Father and all He has to offer us. This Pentecost that occurred is something that we have within us today when we accept the Son and receive the glory of God within us. When our heart is right we can receive and release the goodness of God. That goodness that works through us is the power of the Holy Spirit. When we begin to operate in this manner, our cups will overflow in and through our being to receive and release what our Father has to offer. We are seed planters but we need to believe in what we receive to accomplish these assignments given to us by the Lord.
We read for content and read the story but little do we know these are more than stories. These mysteries are also for us today. The key is to believe. Do you believe in the power of the Holy Spirit? When you received Jesus Christ the Savior, the door that leads to the Father did you also accept everything that the Father had to offer you? His Spirit within you is the power that has been given to you to use in your life. As you pour out what the Father gives you each day, the Holy Spirit replenishes you. You have to believe to receive and see the Spirit of God active in your life. The Bible has been given as your guide to lead you in your life. It’s full of wonders that will help you to fulfill the kingdom of God on earth. When you accept your adoption and become sons and daughters of the most high you begin to operate in a heavenly manner. What you have within you becomes contagious to the one in front of you. Do you believe?
Sacredness of the Father
The older I get, I am finding that I hunger for depth with the Father more than content. When I was younger, I came to understand God in us through Jesus Christ our Savior. From that period of my life until now, I began searching for Him. I flipped through scripture after scripture to find the sacredness of the Father and not so long ago, I found his Oneness within my own heart.
Jesus Christ opened the doorway for me to experience the eternal love of God. This new birth not only brought me alive but also awakened the spirit within me. I began to work out and release all the things that have been instilled in me from the world. This process of refinement is something that will take a lifetime because we are living in this world but must be reminded we are not of it. So, this gift is that we can constantly go to the Father to be purified, “made new.” Throughout the years as I have been releasing things, I have also been accepting my inheritance and receiving an ever flowing in and out of the goodness of God. The result of my hunger has been seeing His light becoming a part of me. Although I would love to say that I have arrived, I cannot, because arrival is something that is learned each day. I am grateful to be given “this day.”
Because of God’s glory within us, we can overcome the things of the world and begin walking out our destinies. Part of my “cleaning house” over the years has been to overcome what the world says I am and learn to accept my new identity in Christ. As I am maturing, I am realizing that there is so much more than accepting this new transformation. My life journey is to learn to walk out this new uniqueness. Making time for the Father has become my number one priority. My sole dependence on everything I do is within the Father. To know the Lord you have to be willing to make time for Him. I am seeing that accepting Jesus is merely the first baby step. What happens in the days to come is greater than we could ever imagine. There is much work that has to be put into this new life. There is no set of directions to follow other than what the Holy Spirit places on your heart to know Him. This journey has opened many new doors for me and I hope my thoughts help you on your journey.
As I began to step in the way of the ancients, hungering for more of the Lord, my heart began to be filled with the presence of the Father and new opportunities have been brought forth to glorify the Lord. These gradual “upgrades” have helped me to loose the ways of the world and begin to be grafted into a daughter of the Most High. This process that I am walking out has shown me that when I become who He says I am, I not only glorify Him but He glorifies me. I believe this is what being in union with the Father is. After we loose the worldly ways we have been taught, we can begin to be led by the Holy Spirit in our daily walk. His thoughts can now become our thoughts. This new union that we have within the Father will help us to fulfill the Great Commission, our assignment in life. I believe this is what living according to the plan that God has for us looks like.
It is our choice how to decide what to do with our time here. This is something that the Father has freely given us. I want to be obedient to my Father and also to the call that He has for my life. I know that this transformation that happens after accepting the Son is something that takes time and this blessing that I have chosen to receive has now become a part of my life. I know now that there is not one thing that I can do without the Father nor would I ever want to live a life without Him. His sacredness has been intricately woven into our beings to be a natural way of life. The choice is ours. I am thankful for choosing to consecrate myself to the Father, to set my life aside and to be used as a vessel for the Lord to work through. This hunger to know more of the Father has been placed as a burden on my heart and has now extended into wanting to show the world who my God is and how He loves us all.
We are all on different journeys, learning new things according to what has been given to us from the Father. The sacredness of the Father is to learn to let go of the worldly ways and learn to become aligned with Him treading the narrow ways to receive upgrades in the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 43:7 NKJV states:
Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
We were created to experience the glory of God within us and to share this greatness with all that we come into contact with. May your journey be filled with depth and may the sacredness of the Father be forever instilled within your heart.
God Bless
I am so happy that you have found your way to my blog!
I’m Michelle and I am thrilled to share with you how my blogs came about.
My inspiration for creating these blogs have come from a series of downloads received from the Holy Spirit over the past year. The downloads came in a variety of ways and through messages. After journaling these thoughts for a long period of time, I felt led to share these topics in a blog. My hope is these messages imparted to me through the Holy Spirit may also speak to others.
My passion is to help others create a deeper connection with God by sharing insights that have been given to me to help others unlock and release new depths of spiritual understanding.
Ephesians 5:21
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Is there anything too small to yield to that will reveal the eternal love of God?
I am so happy to have this time with you as you ponder some of my thoughts. Join me next time when I talk about the sacredness of the Father. Until we meet again, God Bless You!