Week 21- Filled with the Spirit
Pentecost is the festival in the Church calendar where we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples after Jesus left to return to the Father. This is a moment to remember that as followers of Jesus, we do not follow a set of doctrines but a living, attentive, close God. The Holy Spirit is God at work in our atoms and molecules; the reality of God in physical form.
Being filled with the Spirit is recognition of the need for God to be at work in us, that due to our brokenness we are not capable of perfection in our own strength and wisdom. This week we explore the many facets and areas that God’s indwelling presence in us will bring to us. Some immediately are recognisable as things we long for, others are more of a refinement of our beings that require us to expose our brokenness before God.
Asking to be filled with the Holy Spirit is a dangerous, radical prayer. An invitation to a radical life with the Almighty God to use you for his purposes, to be led into darkness for Him to overcome it, to face your fears with His courage, and to bring restoration to His creation.