Monday, January 16, 2012

Being drawn into the Trinity by the Spirit

The final aspect of the Trinity that is revealed to us is the Holy Spirit!  This was not brought to our human understanding until the first two pieces were in place.  The Spirit gives us a power and a freedom that we could not find on our own!  But it is also something that Satan uses as he brings about many false spirits that masquerade themselves as something great and powerful.  The spirit world is a scary thing because we are constantly surrounded by this warfare that exist.  It is so easy to stumble and to fall for the traps that Satan sets in place.  There is great power in evil spirits.  I have witnessed many scary happenings as the result of witchcraft and have seen the power of these spirits.  It's so scary, but they can come about in such innocent ways.  If we do not have a Biblical foundation set in place of the standards of God and we do not understand how Jesus Himself handled these spirits, then we can easily become ensnared!  When the first two aspects of the Trinity are in place though, we have the Wisdom and Knowledge to know how to deal with these spirits and we can live in Freedom and Truth!
Now when I say we are given Freedom in the Spirit, that does not mean we have Freedom to do what we want.  We first must fall on the foundation of what is Truth and Pure.  In being a Christian, we are to set ourselves apart from the world and to set a higher standard.  We are supposed to help our brothers and sisters out of temptation, not lead them into temptation.  So Freedom in the Spirit never means forgetting the Wisdom that God has given us and forgetting His character, but it means that we are no longer bound to sin but are forgiven!
We are given gifts in the Spirit, and these gifts equip us with Power!  It is valuable for us to understand our gift and how God can use that to bring about His Glory.  When filled with the Spirit, we become equipped with a Supernatural Strength that allows us to do things that are not humanly possible!  Consider it God showing off through you!  When I looked at the disciples and the many miracles they performed, I think about how awesome that is and how much Glory God can receive through that!  We have that same power within the Spirit!  I believe that we are many times hesitant to use the Power of the Spirit because we have seen it misused, but just because it is misused does not give us the right to limit God's work!  He gave us the Spirit for a reason, to bring Himself Glory and to make His name known great!
The thing I love most about the Holy Spirit is that He lives within us!!! Do you know what that means?  That means we are drawn into the Trinity with the Spirit!  We are given the opportunity to worship God in an intimate way, because we are drawn into the Trinity!!  Wow, what fellowship we can have when we accept the Spirit!!  May we learn to live within this Power and Freedom!

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