Last night I helped in a Neighborhood Bible Club. What a blessing to see sixteen children gathered in the backyard of a home to sing, learn a Bible verse, and hear a story from the Bible!
One song that was sung was “I’ll Live for Jesus.” Part of the verse says, “The Holy Spirit I will obey, and live for Jesus day after day.” The leader taught the children for a moment about Who the Holy Spirit is. For those who are a child of God, He lives inside of us to convict of sin, to enlighten our hearts to the Truth of God’s Word, and to direct our steps.
I had already had a meeting with Him just a moment before when He gently and lovingly pointed to sin in my heart. When He revealed it to me I shook my head in a defeated, “Oh Lord, I’m guilty again.” How weary I get of myself…I know my sinfulness, I know my heart’s tendencies to go astray. I know how full of self I can become, yet I long so much to honor and glorify my great God – not myself. What joy and delight there is, however, in claiming I John 1:9. Confessing and forsaking my sin brings forgiveness by my loving God. Psalm 66:20 – Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. He never wearies of my coming to Him to ask forgiveness! He will not turn away from my request. His mercy will never run out!
One day sin will be no more; what a day that will be! Until then we will each need to listen to the gentle tugging of the Holy Spirit in our hearts to reveal to us the sin that is there that breaks our fellowship with our loving God. I’m asking for a more keen awareness of the Holy Spirit’s prompting so I can indeed “Live for Jesus day after day.”
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