Friday, May 8, 2015

PREPARING THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: LET GO!

    Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, 
pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be 
poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be
 measured to you.” 
Luke 6.38
     Today I wanted to share my personal experience. A little over a year ago, I was doing proposal after proposal, fasting after fasting, prayer after prayer, event after event, because I wanted to receive the Holy Spirit. It was the first thing that I would think about when I would wake up, and the last, when I would go to bed. I had participated in several Fasts of Daniel yet I would not receive Him. Why? Because deep inside of me I was holding onto something that from the beginning I knew I had to let go. Every time we would seek the Holy Spirit this specific thought would come to my mind, but I would quickly reject it. What was this thing, you ask? My boyfriend.

     He was the first thing in my heart. What I loved the most. Apart from this, I knew He was not God's will because the more closer I got to God, the more arguments he and I would have. The more closer I was to him, the farther I felt from God. And I thought to myself, "No, but I will fight for his soul. I will do proposals for him. When we get married I will win him for God". However, I knew I had to make a choice. Yet I would always avoid it.

   So, what did you do? We were already together for about 5 years and already planning to get married, as he had already bought the ring. However, one night I was sitting in my room and I started looking at my life. I had been looking for the Holy Spirit for so long, and still did not have Him. I looked at the all of the areas of my life and I didn't see God in any of them. I felt stuck. I remember that night I was so angry, angry with myself and with God. I was so angry that I couldn't even talk to God. I went to bed and fell asleep in tears. A few hours later that night I woke up, and I went by my window to speak with God. At that moment God spoke, "You need to make a choice. How many more years do you want to feel stuck? How many more years are you going to hold on to something that you know you need to let go if you want my Spirit? The choice is yours."

  After that moment, I gathered my strength, I tied up my heart and made my choice. "I WANT THE  HOLY SPIRIT!!! So, I let go. Shortly after that decision was made, I continued to seek and I received the Holy Spirit. When you really want something, you do whatever you have to do, to obtain it. Maybe you say that you want the Holy Spirit. Maybe you are even willing to wake up in the middle of the night to pray or fast, but have you surrendered yourself completely?

  Maybe you are someone that has sacrificed in the Campaigns of Israel, but have you sacrificed yourself completely? How do I know if I sacrificed something completely? You let go without turning back. Without having any connection to that thing/person you surrendered. I specify this because sometimes we say that we surrender something yet, we still have something that connects us back to it.


                                           Self Check:
                           Do I really want the Holy Spirit?
      Do I want the Holy Spirit or do I want this "thing" more?
                       Have I lived the surrender to prove it?
    

   It's time to let go. Let go of our pride. Let go of our attitude/character. Let go of our bad intentions. Let go of the sin, your ideas, your mentality, dreams, everything! Let God be in control of your life.  It is giving that we receive. The more we give, the more receive. The Holy Spirit is not given in pieces. You either receive Him or you don't. It is all or nothing! If you want the ALL of the Holy Spirit, you have to surrender ALL OF YOURSELF. Your life, is the result of what you place on the Altar. If you have not received anything yet, then what have you been placing on the Altar?
                                                      
                                                                THINK ABOUT IT!!!










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