Day 20: Jesus, You Give Me The Holy Spirit

How can I actually experience Christ daily, and moment-by-moment? How can I see Christ in my everyday life? The answer is all wrapped up in the amazing Holy Spirit. Today I had the great privilege to read chapters in Andrew Murray’s With Christ In The School Of Prayer. I could go on and on about Andrew Murray. What a man of God! I would love to spend an hour with Andrew Murray and ask him some deep devotional questions. And then, I’d like to spend another hour with him praying. I would never be the same. Just reading this book is life-changing. Here’s what I read today about the Holy Spirit that gives one pause to think:

“A king and queen seek in the whole education of their children to call forth a royal spirit in them. Our Father in heaven desires to educate us as His children for the holy, heavenly life in which He dwells. For this purpose He gives us His own Spirit from the depths of His heart.”

“If we yield ourselves entirely to the will of the Spirit and let Him have His way with us, He will manifest the life of Christ within us.”

“As God’s children, we have already received the Spirit. But we still need to pray for His special gifts as we require them. We need to pray also for His complete possession and unceasing guidance. We are like a branch that is already fill with the sap of the vine and is crying for the continued and increasing flow of that sap. Just as the branch needs more sap to bring its fruit to perfection, the believer, rejoicing in the possession of the Spirit, still thirsts and cries for more.”

“As we pray to be filled with the Spirit, we shouldn’t look for the answer in our feelings. All spiritual blessings must be received—that is, accepted or taken—in faith. Believe that the Father gives the Holy Spirit to His praying child. Even while I pray, I must say in faith, ‘I have what I ask, and the fullness of the Spirit is mine.’ Let us continue unshakably in this faith. On the strength of God’s Word we know that we have what we ask.”

“Once we have learned to believe this for ourselves, we can take the liberty and power from the treasure held for us in heaven to pray for the outpouring of the Spirit on the Church, on all flesh, on individuals, or on special efforts.”

I find these statements so powerful for me today. In Luke 11:13, Jesus talks about the good gifts that parents give children and then He says, “How much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” It’s really not how much of the Holy Spirit we have, but how much the Holy Spirit has of us. My favorite quote was, “If we yield ourselves entirely to the will of the Spirit and let Him have His way with us, He will manifest the life of Christ within us.” May the Lord enable us to yield ourselves to the will of the indwelling Holy Spirit! Have Your way in us, Lord.

My Response: Lord Jesus, thank You for these words of Andrew Murray, reminding me of the power of the Holy Spirit at work in me. Lord, have Your way in me and give me a sweet surrender to the Spirit of God. In Jesus’ name, Amen.