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GOD’S SPIRIT IS WORKING IN YOU


R. C. Sproul, an American theologian, and ordained pastor once said that “The Holy Spirit has to change a person’s heart before He will ever say ‘yes’ to Jesus.” It means that only God can touch a person’s heart, opening and enabling him to accept Jesus Christ as His Savior and Lord.

However, our journey as Christians does not stop at salvation. The Apostle Paul described the change that takes place in salvation as “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). But Paul knew that after salvation, all Christians have many thoughts and actions that they still need to give up, and many they need to take on. Paul knew that there needs to be a huge shift in thinking in many areas if Christians are to make Jesus the Lord over all aspects of their lives.

How then do we strive to live the sanctified life God calls us to live? Truth is, our strength and might do not suffice to build Christ-like characters in us. Thus, just as we need the Holy Spirit to accept Christ into our hearts by faith, we also need the Holy Spirit if we are to be able to grow beyond our own limitations and move beyond our borders. Indeed, because Christlike-ness is not produced by imitation but by inhabitation, it is now the time for us to make the right choice to invite the Holy Spirit to take over our lives and transform us to be like Christ daily.

Prayer: 

Dear Father, thank you for the gift of salvation you have given us freely. Now as we enter a life of discipleship and obedience in every area of our being and throughout the whole story of our lives, pour out your Spirit upon us. Give us the strength, wisdom, and faith to go live out Godly lives. In Jesus’ name, we pray, Amen.