Spirit of the Lord

So you know you want a new car, you know you need a new car, where do you start? When we continue reading we see Paul give us that answer starting in verse 10:

but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For 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. 12We 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. 13This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: 16"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.


The father the son, and……the Holy Spirit. The third part of the holy Trinity given to us by God. Before Jesus was to be put to death He told the apostles about this Counselor who was to come. John 16: 7-15 reads:

7But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; 10in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
12"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.

The Holy Spirit is the key to finding the wisdom, it is what will take you from living on milk, and put you on the path of solid spiritual food. OK so you ask, well if it that easy then why not just have the Holy Spirit show up and download the information? What did Christ tell the Apostles? “I have more to say now than you can bear.” The Holy Spirit revels all things when the fullness of time, and our spiritual maturity have come. The Holy Spirit searches our hearts, it knows our needs, it knows what we are ready to hear, and what we are not yet prepared for. Everything that the Spirit has to say it direct from the Lord. This is the wisdom that Paul talks of. The wisdom of the Spirit. This is so far removed from the wisdom of today’s world. Many cannot comprehend the works of the Holy Spirit if he cannot acknowledge the Holy Spirit, they think this whole idea foolish, as a result they have no room in their hearts to allow the Holy Spirit to work.

So the best place to start looking for the Spirit of the Lord is praying. Not just hear and there, but earnestly praying that the Holy Spirit might open you eyes and feed you soul. Not sure of how to pray, well in Romans Chapter 8 Paul instructs the Romans he tells them:
26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

This car has a few bells and whistles than your old one did not have; one of the best features is the Holy Spirit. Flip the switch and turn it on! Pry for the wisdom, and as you are ready it will begin to flow.

Peace,
Rev. Thetford