SCRIPTURE: John (NIV) 16:7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. …
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.
OBSERVATION: God the Son laid aside His omnipresence when he came to earth as a baby in Mary’s womb. He lived and walked in the limitation of being in only one place at a time all through His ministry and death on the cross. He still operates in that limitation. It was so good that the Holy Spirit would be taking on the responsibility for the church when Jesus returned to heaven. The Holy Spirit is fully omnipresent! He can be in Asia, Africa, and America at the same time! He can move in power through believers in every area of the earth at the same time! He is God with us wherever we are!
APPLICATION: I should consider the relationship the disciples had with Jesus as He walked among them…I should consider that relationship to be a good example of the relationship I am to have with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives me understanding in the word and causes my love and appreciation for Jesus to increase. The gifts of the Spirit make my ministry more like the ministry of Jesus.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, the wisdom of God is displayed in sending you to continue the plan to build the church. The ministry you had with/in Jesus now continues in the church. I pray you to develop my life and ministry into that which brings glory to God. Anoint my life to be a continuation of the person and ministry of Jesus! Amen
Pastor Leon
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