God created everything with purpose. Just like Henry Ford created the car so that we could travel farther and faster God created everything with purpose and for a reason. He is the manufacturer and we are the design. Think about a car for a second. Somebody made that car. So in order to know what the purpose of the car is (if you've never seen a car before) you would have to go to the manufacturer to figure out why that car was built. And if you can't get in touch with the manufacturer, what does a car always have in the glove box? That's right, an owner's manual. This manual has everything you need to figure out the purpose of the car and not only the purpose but how everything in the car functions.
Well, if you were a car then God is your manufacturer and the bible is the owner's manual. If you want to know your purpose you have to develop a relationship with your manufacturer and you also have to read your manual. I hope you get the point.
One more thing before I go on to the next topic. Before you try to figure out your purpose you have to know why you were created. If you try to find your purpose before understanding why you were created you will base your fulfillment in life on what you do. This will lead to frustration and an unhappy life. Do you know why you were created? I'll tell you why, to know God and to have an intimate relationship with Him. He says in the bible if there is anything you should brag about its that you know and understand Him (Jeremiah 9:24). That's that on purpose. Now to our next lesson.
We are past the halfway point of our devotionals for this year and we have covered much ground. I know some of you may be asking how can I take all this in, or who is going to help me remember and apply these lessons in my life. I don't like going to church and if I go I feel like falling asleep. I understand where you are coming from. We have talked about going to church and I strongly believe that you should find a good church that you should attend. But if we were honest with ourselves we would find that we spend most of our time outside of the church.
So if I only spend 2 hours in church on Sunday what about the other 166 hours out of the week. Well a lot of it will be spent sleeping. Lets say you spend 56 hours a week sleeping. Some of us don't even get that much. That would give us 110 waking hours. I don't know how accurate these numbers are but my point is that we spend a lot of time outside of church and so how are we going to get the help to apply these lessons into our life. What if I told you that there was a person who would be with you at all times and His purpose was to help you remember all those lessons and apply them to your life? What if I told you there was someone to lead you in your purpose in all your waking hours if you let Him? Well, I am here to tell you that there is such a person and His name is the Holy Spirit.
I struggled with whether I should talk about Him or not. He is not talked about much but He is the only one from heaven who is here on earth to help you. We talk about God our Father, which we should...we talk about our Lord and Savior, which we should...but we don't here much about the Holy Spirit and I think you should hear about Him. Like I said, He is the only one who is here on earth and He is here to help you. The bible calls Him the Helper and the Comforter. He has a few purposes and I will give them here. (1) To help you remember what Jesus said. If you read the bible or hear a preacher and you ask the Holy Spirit to help you remember the lesson He will do that. (2) He will teach you all things. If you don't have a preacher all the time He will be the one to teach you everything you want to know that pertains to life and Godliness. (3)And He will show you your future.
Now having the Holy Spirit is conditional. What I mean is that it is not guaranteed that you will get His help. Do you know why? Because you have to WANT to be helped by the Holy Spirit. If you don't have a strong desire to be taught by Him and led by Him He won't do it. He is not your servant He is your helper. You have to want Him. He is a gentleman. If you don't want Him He will just stand back waiting. If you put a demand on Him He will come into your heart and help you. I challenge you today. If you have given your life to Jesus Christ ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit. It might take a while. It might take some determination on your part. But if you are willing to wait it will be the most powerful experience of your life. The Holy Spirit came on Jesus before He started His work. As soon as the Holy Spirit came on Jesus He started working miracles.
If you are hungry enough to be filled with the Holy Spirit He will lead you on a wild ride. When I say filled, that means He will come to live on the inside of you and lead you and do those things that I mentioned above. He is not boring. He is the coolest leader you will ever have. He is wild. He is so wild that those in the old days who had a good relationship with Him would call Him "the wild goose" because He would just lead them in a fun and adventurous life. Get hungry for God and ask Him to fill you with the Holy Spirit and your life will never be the same.
Mickey
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