haha but really...its so great and it just gets me so excited about all that He is and all He wants to do. love it. something from the book that i just read was about Acts - at the Pentecost, after Jesus leaves and sends the Holy Spirit to the people...
we see the same men who followed Jesus for 3 years, then watched Him ascend into heaven - not knowing what to do next. just waiting for what comes next - per Jesus' instructions to them. and then, all of a sudden, the Spirit comes and fills them - and they start speaking in tongues and speaking with boldness and the people watching, are amazed...
but what is so crazy about this moment is that no one looks at these men that they have seen and heard before, now speaking with boldness and passion, these incredible words- in languages they havent known before and thinking "wow - Peter sure learned that fast! he's so great!" no - instead we think - "wow, God did that??? thats incredible! how amazing is the Holy Spirit!?!"
it was such a clear Holy Spirit moment. the only thing a person could think was, how awesome is God???
have you ever had a moment where the Holy Spirit moved in you and everyone watching was moved by it? not by you - but by God moving in you? or have you ever seen God moving in someone else? in the Bible it says that 3000 people were added to the church that DAY. who can deny the Holy Spirit while standing in His very presence???
in the book Francis gives this challenge -
"Lets pray that God would empower us so radically that we would get no glory. That people would see our works and glorify God"
that is a powerful request...how amazing would it be to have God be able to move through you in such a way that people watching you cant even see you...all they can see is God, and the only response they can have is to glorify Him. amazing, right?
i know i sometimes underestimate what the Spirit can do...i know i do.
i also know that i need to break this idea - the idea that i understand everything about Him and know what needs to happen better than He does. He is so much bigger than you or i will ever begin to comprehend and He is just waiting to move in big, crazy ways...so lets be a PART of that! Lets pray that we can be so open to whatever it is He is doing so that we can be so changed that people will look at our works and see God and be left in AWE of Him...
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