He’s
All That
“Now we have received, not
the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might
know the things that have been freely given to us by God.” (1 Corinthians
2:12)
In the 1999 teen comedy She’s All That, Freddy Prinze Jr bet with
his classmate that he can turn geeky Rachel Leigh Cook into a prom queen.
God is a triune being with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy
Spirit. In fact, He’s All That. The Holy Spirit, in particular,
is our Teacher and Strengthener. He is immensely strong, with power,
wisdom, glory and might. He’ll help us to understand the deep revelations
from the Bible, the living Word of God. He has the power to resist satan
and his demonic forces.
When we feel weak, we can draw
on the power of the Holy Spirit and say, “Holy Spirit, do this
for me.” We can do all things because He strengthens us (Philippians
4:13). The Holy Spirit is our Comforter and Helper, for He assists,
aids and abetts us, and He’ll give us more relief than Rolaids.
The Spirit is the burden-removing, yoke-destroying anointing (Isaiah
10:27) that prevents bad things from happening. God only knows how many
times the Holy Spirit has prevented unpleasant things from happening
to us simply because we obeyed His Word and yielded our lives to Him.
The Holy Spirit is our Counselor and Advocate. He’ll give us the
best advice and defend us with the truth, and give us guidance without
asking for a retainer. We can deliberate or consult with Him, and He’ll
give us a plan of action to will lead to victory. The Holy Spirit is
our Paraclete or Standby, for He comes alongside and stands by us. He
is more dependable than Maytag and is ready as a Minuteman to substitute
for us if there are things we can’t handle.
The Holy Spirit is our Guide and
Changer who helps us grow. As we’re growing in God, we’ll begin
to change. The natural man resists change, but we can ask the Holy Spirit
to help us change so we can grow, because He is our Helper and Changer.
Finally, the Spirit is our Intercessor and Edifier because He prays for
us when we don’t know how to pray as we ought to. He is continually
edifying us and praying in our favor for whatever we need. As we stir
ourselves up to pray in the Holy Spirit (Jude 20) and build ourselves
up spiritually by praying in an unknown tongue that the devil doesn’t
understand, we can draw on the endless supply of the Holy Spirit for whatever
we need.
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