But
Stephen, Full Of The Holy Spirit,
Gazed
Steadily Into Heaven
And
Saw The Glory Of God
Scripture
Acts
7
55 But
Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw
the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at
God’s right hand.
Observation
If
I am to be filled with the Holy Spirit, or full of God's Holy Spirit
it means that I have to empty myself of my self and allow God to be
in control of my life.
If
I am full of my 'self' then there is no room for God's Holy Spirit.
Ephesians
5:18 is a verse that helps me to understand what it means to be
filled with the Spirit. The verse says, “Don’t
drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that path; be filled
instead with the Holy Spirit and controlled by him.”
Have
you ever been drunk? Unfortunately during my teenage years, before
someone introduced me to Jesus Christ, ashamedly I admit to being
under the influence of alcohol to the point of being drunk? So drunk
that I could have at several different times crashed and killed my
date Kathy, myself, and who knows how many other people.
So
I know personally that a drunk person is no longer in control, but is
being controlled by the alcohol that they have consumed.
The
Bible says that we are to be filled with God's Holy Spirit and allow
God to be in control of our life. God doesn't not want to be the
co-pilot in our life – God wants to be behind the wheel.
Yes,
we are filled with God's Holy Spirit when we surrender our lives to
Jesus Christ and ask Him to be our Lord and Savior.
But
we must daily be filled with the Holy Spirit … why you might ask? …
because we leak!
Application
Everyday,
I will confess my sins as I commit them so that God's Holy Spirit
will have control of my life.
Romans
8
9 But you
are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the
Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember
that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not
belong to him at all.) 10 And
Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of
sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with
God. 11 The Spirit of God, who
raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised
Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies
by this same Spirit living within you.
1
John 1:9
9 But
if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for sparing me during those years of stupidity.
Thank You for not allowing anything bad to happen to me or those
around me when I was allowing something other than Your Holy Spirit
to control my life. I know that every day I have a choice. I know
that I can life for myself or I can live for You. I can control my
own life or I can allow You to be in control. Please don't let me be
in control of my own life. I make a mess of things every single time
that I try to take the wheel. I want You behind the steering wheel of
my life. I surrender control to You right now.
I
pray for anyone that may be reading this blog that is struggling with
an addiction. Bring people, godly people into his or her life who can
help them. I pray that they surrender their life totally to You and
allow You to be in control. Help them to bring You glory with the
choices that they make. Help them to walk in victory today.
Daily
Bible Reading: Exodus 28,29; Acts 7
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