Allowing HIM to Fill Every Crevice
The other day, I journeyed from campus, driving several miles east and then south, traversing across a winding road to visit a famous waterfall: Cumberland Falls. This was not my first time there; I knew the way, where to park my vehicle, and where to walk. Clearly, as expected, I was not disappointed. I knew the magnitude of the falls would pull me forward. I could not help but walk to the edge of the rock, the same rock where I have stood numerous times before during my life. In fact, as I stood there last week, standing close to the same spot where I stood in 1978 (as a child), the rushing sound of the water filled my ears, just as I anticipated. Truthfully, I could see this powerful waterfall in my mind’s eye even before I walked to the edge of the Cumberland River and saw the water raging over the edge of the rock.
As I read the Scripture this morning, I was overcome with this question: Am I allowing God’s Holy Spirit to Fill My Every Crevice?
The psalmist wrote about the magnificence and majesty of our LORD this way. Please pause to SEE with me God’s Holy Word.
“The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength;
Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.
The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
The floods have lifted up their voice,
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
More than the sounds of many waters,
Than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The LORD on high is mighty.
Your testimonies are fully confirmed;
Holiness befits Your house,
O LORD, forevermore.”
(Psalm 93)
- Powerful Unity.
- Powerful Witness.
- Powerful Voice.
- Powerful Love for Others, As Jesus Loved.
- Powerful Holy Fire.
May we allow God’s presence to transform our hearts to become more like His (heart).
While in the Upper Room before Jesus ascended back to heaven, the disciples knew God’s desires because they were transformed into the likeness of Christ through the outpouring of His Holy Spirit.
We, too, can only be transformed through God’s Spirit.
We, too, can be continually changed by God who dwells inside us.
We become more like the One we share time with throughout our days, so if we want to become more like Christ, we must spend time with Him.
Today, I wonder: Am I allowing God’s Holy Spirit to Fill My Every Crevice?
- Or are there dark areas that I keep from Him?
- Or are there places where I do not want His light to shine?
- Or are there sins in my life that I do not want Him to reveal?
Amazingly, we can find ourselves identifying with particular characteristics of the early disciples of Christ. While some discover they are visionaries, much like John, others see they are faithful followers of Jesus as James and Mark. On and On, we search for ways we are like those witnesses who came before us.
Today, I am reminded how much I identify with Peter, a brash man known for his rashness, boldness, and outspokenness (good qualities, if they are used to proclaim the LORD). Nonetheless, before I write on, let me first say that there have been too many times in my life when the Holy Spirit said, “MOVE,” and I stayed, OR when the Holy Spirit said, “SPEAK,” and I remained silent. With this confession in mind, allow me to share what the LORD has revealed to me this day concerning His Holy Spirit.
“When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.”
(The Acts of the Apostles 2: 1-4)
As the celebration of the Day of Pentecost 2022 comes closer, I find myself fixed upon The Acts of the Apostles. I would encourage you to read this wonderful text in its entirety as the calendar marches toward June 5, 2022.
- We are to live, embracing the Christian virtues God has granted us through His Holy Spirit.
- We are to live—Changed.
- We are to be—Shaped & Molded & Fashioned by our Creator.
- We are to be—Filled & Led & Guided by God’s Holy Spirit.
- We are to go and tell the world boldly & loudly, much like a waterfall flowing over the rocks.
- We live in a world filled with high fuel costs, staggering food prices, frustration, inflation, and fear.
- We are God’s instrument pointing others to Him.
- We are constantly on-mission.
May we pray to be used by Him, asking God to fill our path with those who need to hear about Him.
Out-of-the-blue—God’s Beautiful, Magnificent, Majestic, & Powerful Holy Spirit will lead us to others who need to meet the Savior Jesus Christ.
God’s DNA has been poured into us. We have received life—as a replacement for death. There is no escape—we must rely upon God’s grace and indwelling Holy Spirit.
As often, today I stumble upon a melody, one performed by Saddleback Worship titled “Spirit of God.” Within this song, I found this lyric:
“Spirit of God/Spirit of God, come and take your place here in our hearts/Come & Have Your Way/Come & Have Your Way.”
So today, I am fixed upon this single question: Am I allowing God’s Holy Spirit to Fill My Every Crevice?
Let me not leave with my words but with the Word of God—
“Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ.
To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply [then the apostle Peter gives us a list of Christian virtues God’s children need to practice daily].
Moral Excellence
Knowledge.
Self-Control.
Perseverance.
Godliness.
Brotherly Kindness.
Love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.”
(2 Peter 1: 1-11)