The Birthday of the Church is Pentecost. It is celebrated 7 weeks after the Resurrection when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the 120 in the Upper Room.
Pentecost presents us with an opportunity to consider how we are living each day. Are we relying on the power of the Holy Spirit? Are we an open for the gift of the Spirit? Are we attentive to the guidance of the Holy Spirit? Is the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, etc.) growing in our lives?
Most Christians I know, including me, live in the presence and power of the Spirit, but only to an extent. We are limited by our own fear, our sin, our low expectations, not to mention our tendency to be distracted from God’s work in us by the world around us.
Pentecost offers a chance to confess our failure to live by the Spirit and to ask the Lord to fill us afresh with his power. This sunday is Pentecost Sunday. I invite you to journey with me this week. Just like many were called but only 120 obeyed the choice is ours.
Power requires presence both yours and His.
Most Christians I know, including me, live in the presence and power of the Spirit, but only to an extent. We are limited by our own fear, our sin, our low expectations, not to mention our tendency to be distracted from God’s work in us by the world around us.
Pentecost offers a chance to confess our failure to live by the Spirit and to ask the Lord to fill us afresh with his power. This sunday is Pentecost Sunday. I invite you to journey with me this week. Just like many were called but only 120 obeyed the choice is ours.
Power requires presence both yours and His.
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