The Spirit

I continue to wonder about the spirit of God and receiving the Spirit and being Spirit filled. I really don’t know that that means. I have assumed that that meant that I had not, was not, and would be at some point. I also believe that it does not preclude me from being a Christian. But perhaps there is another answer.

Often we own great expectations of how something is going to be. Then when the event happens we are disappointed. Remember the old ketchup commercial, “Anticipation is making me wait.” The anticipation, the build-up to an event, often is greater than the anticipated item. In the case of receiving the Spirit of God I expect bright light, fanfare, and an Earth shaking experience.

Could the Spirit come more as a whisper than a shout? I think ABSOLUTELY. So in looking for a tornado a breeze can be overlooked.

I have never said that I was not or had not received I only said that I was unsure of what it meant. As of yet no one has been able to give me an explanation that I can works. Then I came to 1 Corinthians 1:11-12.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no
one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit
who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

I certainly don’t understand the whole of what God has given me but I realize more each day. Isn’t that the growth we’re expected to go through? I certainly hope so.