THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS US TO GOD. He is the Spirit of adoption. He leads us to call God, "Abba, Father," and to claim relationship with God as His beloved children. He unfolds Jehovah's gracious character, draws out and fixes the desires of the soul upon Him, sheds abroad His love in the heart, and then we cry, "My Father. My Father." To the privilege of adoption, we were predestinated before the world began; but we can only know our interest in it, or claim and enjoy that interest, as we are taught by the Holy Spirit. As the Spirit of adoption, He enlarges the heart, elevates the desires, sanctifies the spirit, ennobles the aims, guides into the truth, and leads the soul in free and familiar fellowship with God. He imparts holy peace, deepens penitence, and fills with heartfelt gratitude. Under His influence, prayer becomes delightful, meditation profitable, and the ordinances of the gospel pleasurable. Have you the Spirit of adoption? Do you feel led to approach God as a child does its father? Do you look upon the word as a volume sent from a father to his child, to instruct, reprove, and comfort him; and do you read it as such? Thank God for the Spirit of adoption. Send forth the Spirit of Thy Son,

For Meditation:
O God, into my longing heart,
That governed by Thy love alone,
From Thee I never shall depart.