Spirit of the fear of the Lord (Daily Devotional)

Welcome friends, we are still talking about the Holy Spirit. Today, we will talk about the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord. These names of the Holy Spirit are from Isaiah chapter 11 and verse 2. One of the beautiful names of the Holy Spirit is that He is the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord which means that He is able to help us walk a life worthy of the calling that we have. He is able to help us walk a life of holiness and of purity. While talking about the Holy Spirit, John the Baptist remarked in this manner in Matthew chapter three and verse 11, he said, ‘I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I'm not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.’ The work of fire is to purge, the work of fire is to consume the things that are weak, the things that are not precious and finally, what remains is what is worthy. What God is saying is that through the Holy Spirit, He can cleanse us, He can cleanse our soul, He can cleanse our mind, He can do a lasting work of purity and holiness in us. We as believers, we want to live a life that is pleasing in the sight of God. In our own strength, we will never be able to do it. We have to depend on the word of God, to renew our minds, that enables us to walk the straight path, but in addition to that, we are told that we have to keep yielding ourselves to the working of the Holy Spirit. As we are filled with the Spirit, as we are baptized with the spirit, what happens is that the Spirit of God cleanses us from within. So today friends, I want to encourage us to open up our hearts. Let's not try to do this on our own. We need the working of the Spirit of God in us, to help us live that life of holiness. In Ephesians chapter five and verse 18, we are reminded once again, ‘be filled with the Spirit, walk in the Spirit.’ So, let's do that, let's allow the Spirit of God to work deeply in us and in this way, we will be able to do all that God wants us to do. Also make time to pray in the Spirit, pray in the gift of tongues and as we do that, we know that our inner man is strengthened, and the works of the flesh are burnt up. So, we have to make a way, we have to yield ourselves to the work, the cleansing work of the Holy Spirit because He is the Spirit of the fear of the Lord. He will help us walk the right path to glorify God. Let's pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you that you go before us enabling us to live this life the way you want us to live it. May we walk worthy of our calling, always pleasing you and lifting up your name, in Jesus’s name we pray, Amen.

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