Lead Pastor Blog I.IX

When was the last time you knew you had been prompted by the Holy Spirit? I asked our congregation that question at the end of our second service on Sunday November 8th. I am sure there were people sitting there who could have shared both positive and negative aspects to being prompted. Many of us have experienced those times when we knew it was God speaking to us and we ignored that still small voice within us. That is what I mean by a negative experience.However, I have had a number of people share with me great stories about situations where they had no master plan but God worked in special ways and at the end of the day they knew God had ochestrated their experiences. Those are the positive experiences.

Sadly there is another category. In this category sit a great number of church attenders who would admit that they cannot remember experiencing either one of the previous experiences I shared. In other words they have not had a positive or negative experience but rather no experience.  I feel a great sadness for those brothers and sisters. When Jesus talked to the woman at the well in John 4 he offered her something that we have available to us today. He offered her the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit.
Think about that for a moment. God indwells us as His children.  The ongoing daily presence of God in our lives.  Not just in the lives of super spiritual people or pastors or church leaders but God in the life of each and every one of His followers.  The eternal, all powerful and all loving God (along with a host of other character traits that we will get into starting in January) with us in a the most personal of ways all day long. Does this truth not challenge us to new heights of joy as well as new depths of understanding?
I long to be more sensitive/aware of God’s leading in my day to day life. I long to have my spiritual ears more attuned to the sound of God’s still smal voice whispering “Here is want I want you to do. Here is where I want you to go. Here is what I want you to say. Here is the person I want you to interact with.” The possibilities are only limited by my own insensitivity to God’s indwelling presence. I believe this has the potential to literally change our churches as well as change our lives. As we go about our own daily routines in life but growing more aware that the Spirit of God is in the business of leading us to accomplish that which is eternal and spiritual. How incredible is that?
You can sign up for this life today. Submit your heart/life to the control of God’s Holy Spirit. Ask Him to use you in your daily activities to accomplish His eternal purposes. Look out…we are a church that is going to change the world by the power of the Holy Spirit!