Pastor Herk states that each and every creation of God is absolutely a work of art; For we are His workmanship. The infinite Lord tells finite us in Isaiah 55:9, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Sometimes, we need to open our eyes and expect the unexpected. The Holy Spirit’s ministry is to help deliver the unexpected by divine intervention and divine coincidences to keep us on coarse. Sometimes, we don’t even realize what happened until afterwards and we think back on it. Many times, the perfect person we need to help us at the moment. They serve you and later you can pay in forward to someone else. The Greek word for ministry is “diakonia” meaning the ministration of those who render to others the offices of Christian affection; Spirit-empowered service guided by faith. By the Holy Spirit’s ministry, we can do things that we did not know we were capable of.
Matthew 6:8 tells us, “your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”
The Holy Spirit is Army Headquarters for Heaven, handing out missions and the equipment to achieve victory. The Holy Spirit sends you to help others, whether physical, psychological or spiritual warfare on their behalf, and give them hope. We are all part of the body of Christ. When you hear the “still, small voice” of the indwelling Holy Spirit, be obedient to it. God knows the “big picture” in redemptive history and we are a part of it from the moment we first believe and receive the Holy Spirit. At conversion and baptism, we surrender to God’s authority. We are given the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but we have to plug into the power into God’s power and magnify those gifts to make them work. We need to start thinking big.
Galatians 5:22-23 tells us, “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
God has placed each member within the body of Christ as He desired. There are many members, but one body. Christians are all members of the body of Christ, necessary and needed together. There is no division in the body of Believers with Christ as our head and in the heart. 1 Corinthians 12:25-27 says that, “there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another. And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it. Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it.” We are only as good as our weakest link. All parts of the body of Christ are vital. If we do not have love, it profits nothing.
The only way that we can be the person that God designed, created and called us to be is to first allow the Holy Spirit cleanse us and make us a new creation in Christ Jesus. We can be the best that we can be by opening up our hearts and minds to the power and presence of God’s Holy Spirit within us. We can make a positive and lasting difference in our life and in the lives of those around us though God’s Holy Spirit. God see your heart. Being filled by the Holy Spirit is the first step that is going to enable us to make a difference lives and in our world. His ministry is to help us, to push us, to guide us, to rebuke and restore us to an upright position before the Lord, to encourage us and to supernaturally enable us and creates the boldness within us in order to be all that God desires us to be.
Jesus Christ came from Heaven to Earth to make an atoning sacrifice, so that our sin could be forgiven, our spirit regenerated and the Holy Spirit of God given to be our Helper, Counselor and Guide to the work of God on paths of righteousness, living within us and ministering to us each and every day. May we, all God’s children, to our part to draw others closer to the Lord, pointing to the foot of the Cross where those who do not know Jesus as Savior and Lord would find salvation though saving faith and the indwelling Holy Spirit.
In Christ, Brian
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