GOD’S WORD FOR JUNE 6

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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GOD IN US

Isaiah 64:4

“From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides You, who acts for those who wait for Him.”

D.L. MOODY

Most people say, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,” and they stop there.  But see what the New Testament says, “God has revealed them to us by His Spirit.”  You see, the Lord HAS revealed them to us:  “For the Spirit searches all things, even, the deep things of God.”

ERWIN LUTZER

Let’s not interpret the above verse to say that we as individuals should expect to receive special revelations about our future heaven by the Holy Spirit.  Rather, God, by His Spirit, revealed to Paul the glories of Christ which he then recorded for us in Scripture.  But we as believers often do not enter into the blessings of the Spirit that are ours by faith.

If we had a better grasp of what awaits us in glory, if we could, for a  moment, see the unseen and understand the glory that shall be revealed in us, we would live differently.  Paul wrote the above words to encourage us, reminding us that we see through a glass darkly; but the day is coming when we shall see Him face to face (see 1 Cor. 13:12).

Until then, Jesus has given us the gift of His presence.  He said, “it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you.  But if I go, I will send Him to you.” (John 16:7). He went on to explain, “right now, the Spirit is WITH you, but soon He is going to be IN you” 

When a person is saved—-when he believes fully that Christ died for him personally, and was raised from the dead to initiate our own resurrection, that moment, he receives the Holy Spirit to guide, instruct, and admonish him in this life….directing him always to Jesus.

Unbelievers don’t have this advantage, and many times, believers don’t take advantage of it like they should.

Do you need guidance?  If you’re a believer, the Spirit is there to guide you.

Do you need strength to make it through the day?  He’s there.

Do you need an advocate with the Father? 

 These needs and others are met by the Holy Spirit of God.  Take advantage of the Spirit’s availability, and by faith receive His fullness by looking always to Jesus!

PRAYER

Father, please forgive me for all the times I have grieved the Holy Spirit.  Today, please enable me to walk in the faith of what awaits me.

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Romans 8:9

 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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1 Corinthians 2:13

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

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Ephesians 1:13

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

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Acts 4:31

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

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Ezekiel 36:26-27

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

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John 16:13

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

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Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,

The spirit of wisdom and understanding,

The spirit of counsel and strength,

The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

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Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

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