“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.” Acts 2:1-4
Yesterday was the celebration of the day of Pentecost and thru the receiving of the Holy Spirit we gain two dimension an inward and an outward dimension as it was discussed in talk 9 of the Christian Life Program. First is an inward dimension, a new nature, an spiritual power. Each of us when we let Holy Spirit to work on us we gain a new heart, a real heart. The old and stony heart is removed and replace with a new heart. It gives us a sense of peace and let us surrender everything to our God. It makes do things that we don’t usually do before. These might not be an abrupt change but a gradual change that we might not notice right away but will become part of our life as we go thru our journey. I could still remember how things have changes after I let the Holy Spirit lead the way for me. As I have said it is not an instant change but things were much easier than before. I can always say that I am still a work in progress but I am happy with what have happened after I let the Holy Spirit leads me.
And thru that inward dimension comes the outward dimension that we gain from receiving the Holy Spirit it is the power to serve. From the scriptures, we can recall that after the disciples receives the power of the Holy Spirit. All of them started to do the mission, Peter and the other disciples started to preach and perform healing and miracles not just in the town that they are in but started to go to the farthest town that they could go to do the great commission that Jesus had told them to do. Just like being an SFC we are all call for the great commission, we are all called live by our covenant and continue the great work that the Holy Spirit has done for us. Each of us has a mission given to us and it doesn’t necessarily a big one but it should always start first within ourselves next to our family then our household and our community. There are a lot of things that we could do to continue the mission but we should always focus that all the things we are doing is to glorify our God and that we should always offer everything to God.
There is still a lot for us to do after we allow the Holy Spirit to work in us. I just always pray that we continue to guide us in every step of our journey to continue his mission and live by the covenant that we have.
”Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Mathew 28: 16-20