The Babe and the Spirit

The Role of the Holy Spirit in the life of a babe

And I will ask the father and he will give you another Counselor who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you do, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. John 14: 16-17

Who is the Holy Spirit?

He is the gift of the father to us (Matthew 7:11, Galatians 3:14). He is the spirit of the father in us. He is the Jesus that is presently here with you on earth, so as a believer so you are not alone. The Holy Spirit will never abandon you, as long as you acknowledge his presence in your life, irrespective of what you are going through.

Why the Holy Spirit?

No, I will not abandon you as orphans- I will come to you. John 14: 18

But it is actually best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Counselor won’t come. If I do go away, he will come because I will send him to you. John 16:7

Jesus couldn’t just go and leave us like that. He knows it is difficult to succeed on earth without him. The Holy Spirit keeps us connected to heaven. I don’t know how a believer would live a fulfilled Christian life without the Holy Spirit because he knows and tells us the mind of the father. So you are not an orphan, helpless or hopeless and not knowing what the future holds for her. You’ve got all you need to have right here- The Holy Spirit.

His role in your life – as a woman

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not be presenting his own ideas; he will be telling you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. John 16:13

He guides us. Ladies, He speaks! He speaks what we really need to hear as women.  We need to hear the truth and the right things about ourselves and our future. He speaks as long as you are there.  With the consciousness of the Holy Spirit in your life, it is difficult to be in the dark or confused about what’s going on in your life. The Holy Spirit will only guide you into a brighter future which is very consistent with God’s will for you.

What he’ll do for you:

He is the helper, counselor, encourager and advocate and like Jesus did with the woman by the well:

·        He will counsel you: He will give you the best advice that no man can except by him. If you pay attention, he is constantly speaking to you. You need to develop a relationship with him and grow in this relationship so you could understand him better and communicate with him better. He is a person and he communicates. Remember communication is a two way thing.

·         He will help you: He helps to succeed. He helps to be strong. He helps out of a major heart break. Well, he helps to avoid a major heart break. He recognizes and informs you of a lying bastard, he will prod your heart to let you know that he ain’t right. And many more things that you are probably thinking and wishing he could do for you right now.  

·         He will comfort you: He says the most soothing words. He comforts in a way that cannot be explained. His way of comfort is divine while the impact is definitely felt.

·        He will tell you the truth about who you are and where you are going: He is the best person who will tell you about yourself. After all he is the spirit of God and God made you. Don’t let any man lie to you about your future and what it holds; stick with the word of God and the Spirit of God.  These are the most authentic sources of truth. If you want, he could take you on a self discovery journey and you’ll be amazed what he’ll show you, what you’ll discover. After then he’ll take you through a never ending personal transformation process where you’ll shed what’s not and put on what’s hot. Most importantly, you really don’t know what you want, the Holy spirit knows what you need. He’ll help with that.

·       He will teach you: He is the greatest teacher. He‘ll teach you to be a better person. He’ll point out character flaws in a loving way and teach you how to drop them and pick up fine ones.

What you should do/what he wants from you

I believe the Holy Spirit wants you to know him. He wants you to acknowledge him always. Please respect him- He is the spirit of God. He likes to communicate so you need to create time for him and actually engage in a conversation with him. Please he does not like to be grieved. As in, no frustrate am abeg. And NEVER say anything against the Holy Spirit, he doesn’t take that lightly.

Attributes of the Holy Spirit

1.   He represents life hence he’s always likened to the living waters, a perpetual spring (John 4:13)

2.   He is the spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, and fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2)

3.   He represents and brings fertility; productivity and fruitfulness (Isaiah 32:15)

4.   He makes things happen without the use of human efforts. He has his ways of causing things to happen without you needing to stress or toil. (Zechariah 4:6)

5.   He brings about change. He and only he brings about change in a person (1Samuel 10:6)

6.   He makes you intelligent (Job 32:8-10)

7.   He is a life giving force. He denotes power and strength. He enables, empowers and strengthens (John 6:63, Romans 8:11)

Please go over the scriptures listed above, study and meditate on them continuously. I promise you, you will not be the same. The Holy Spirit is the force and power behind liberation. He liberates, frees and revives.

He is doing his perfect work in your life right now.

We’ll meet again tomorrow. Thanks for coming. *Hugs*