Planting Seeds Day 8: Holy Spirit Guide

There are so many types of guides we may run into in our life. We mostly aren’t shy about respecting the expertise of others and we welcome help when we can find it or afford it. We may engage a marriage counselor, a business mentor, a life coach, an accountant, a lawyer, a tax-preparer, a yoga instructor, a physical trainer, a lawn expert … the list goes on. Or we may be someone on this list who has a special skill and is hired by others! 

There are also spiritual guides we count on in our lives: our pastor, our Bible study leader, maybe our favorite Christian author or musician. We trust that God speaks to us through these wise men and women of God, vetted by personal observations of them, what we know of their consistent walk with God and the power of the God-truths that they reveal to us.

Planting seeds with Christ along the garden path of life, we need a Guide that is infallible, ever-present and powerful!

When the Spirit of truth comes, He will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He will make sense out of what is about to happen and He will honor Me. From John 16: 13-14

We personally have Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth. Holy Spirit is a Person of the Trinity, the only Spirit. You do not need to put “the” in front of His name. Just call Him Holy Spirit. In Isaiah 58:11, God promises that He will continually guide us. This is how He does it! 

    Holy Spirit is within us to glorify God (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). 

    Holy Spirit is a Helper to guide us into truth (John 14: 16-17).

    Holy Spirit shares to us the thoughts of God (1 Corinthians 2:11-12).

    Holy Spirit is a Helper who is a teacher and reminder (John 14:26).

    Holy Spirit confirms we are His children (Romans 8: 16).

    Holy Spirit prays for us when we have no words (Romans 8: 26).

    Holy Spirit pours out the love of God within our hearts (Romans 5:5).

    Holy Spirit strengthens fellowship (2 Corinthians 13:14).

    Holy Spirit empowers us to increase in hope (Romans 15:13). 

    Holy Spirit removes shame and gives us freedom (2 Cor 3: 16-17).

    Holy Spirit gives us power to be His witnesses (Acts 1:8).              

How do we access this power that guides us and be sure that we are filled with His Spirit (Ephesians 5:18)? We are not filled when we are engaging in sin, when self is on the throne of our life or when we rely on our past or present works for feeling spiritual or right with God. Spiritual breathing is confessing any known sin (breathe out) and then asking to be filled (breathe in). 

We were saved through faith and not through works. So we are also filled through faith, not through words or works. Pray and we are then filled with His Spirit. We are humbly connected to God in a powerful way. We are free to experience all of the above ways that Holy Spirit guides us through our lives. Pray to be filled with His Spirit right now. When your sin disconnects you, confess and pray again. He will never leave you. The seeds that you plant together will emerge, grow and bear much fruit.

Holy Spirit, I confess my wrongdoing. I want to be guided and empowered by Your Spirit. Fill me. Thank You for filling me and freeing me for Your work. Amen.