May 11

1 Samuel 10:6

The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person

In Ezekiel 37:14 God says "I will put my Spirit within you and you will come to life".  Without God's Spirit, we are lifeless.  We just read through the book of Judges, and each time God raised up a Judge, His Spirit came upon them.  When Jesus was baptized, God's Spirit descended from Heaven to rest upon Him.  In each Biblical instance, the Spirit of God changed a person equipping them to carry out the mission God had for them.  As Christ followers, the Spirit of God changes us the moment receive Him as Lord.  His Spirit comes upon us. His Spirit equips us for the assignment He has given us.  The Spirit we receive does not make us timid, but gives us power (2 Tim.1:7). The Spirit we received brought about our adoption to sonship (Romans 8:14). A transformation takes place in us that enables us to cry out to Abba, God our Father, with the hope of an answer through faith in Jesus.  2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us that we are new creations in Christ.  When we put all this together we can't help but look upon the situations in our life with a different perspective-- as children of God Whose Spirit rests upon us and lives within us.  I pray as we go about day, we carry this truth with us and just as Moses' face reflected the Glory of God, we reflect the Spirit of the Lord which gives us life.

Randi