SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Romans 5:3-5
1 Corinthians 2:6-16

“A day in thy courts
is better than a thousand.”

THE HOLY SPIRIT’S POWER IN THE BELIEVER’S LIFE (II)

We conclude the discussion begun in yesterday’s reading:

(d) Enlightening: Until the Spirit of God came into our lives and quickened us, we were spiritually blind. We could not understand or see the things of God. “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God… the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received… the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God” (1 Cor 2:10-12).

Man’s wisdom cannot fathom the deep things of God; only the Holy Spirit can impart such knowledge.

(e) Interceding: Prayer does not come naturally; the natural or physical man does not like to pray. The flesh is the arch enemy of prayer. Oftentimes we succumb to the flesh and fall into the sin of prayerlessness. We need help urgently! To aid us, God sends the Comforter. “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for … the saints according to the will of God” (Rom 8:26-27). Let us recognize our prayerlessness and plead with the Spirit to aid us.

(f) Sustaining: The Christian life is no bed of roses; the strait and narrow way is not easy. How can we be sure that we shall follow the Lord to the very end? By ourselves we shall surely fall. When faced with difficulties and setbacks we are almost ready to give up. But the ever-present Spirit comes swiftly to our aid to sustain and uplift us, so that we may “abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost” (Rom 15:13). The Spirit in us is well able to sustain us by His power, to keep us from falling, and finally, to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.

THOUGHT: God does all things perfectly.
PRAYER: Father, sustain my body and spirit until journey’s end.