Spirit Speak: My Heart is Ready

 

~~~ Acts of the Apostles 17:15, 22—18:1 ~~~ Psalm 148 ~~~ John 16:12-15 ~~~

 

The Spirit of truth is dwelling with each of us.

Sometimes I wish that telling the truth would easily

be determined by some visible sign.

When I think of how many have lied about crimes committed,

it causes me to long for a fail safe method for determining the truth.

 

Paul reveals the truth to the people of Athens,

yet they seem to be content with their false beliefs.

 

The God who made the world and all that is in it,
the Lord of heaven and earth,
does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands...

Simply appearing to be religious does not imply that you have

 a grasp on the truth about God.

We worship God not in the statues made in his honor,

but we worship God because the truth is that he is the Creator of all

above heaven and earth.

'...it is he who gives to everyone life and breath and everything...'

It is God who has so orchestrated the world...

so that people might seek God,
even perhaps grope for him and find him...

There is a desire deep within our soul longing

for the truth about this entity we call God.

There is a missing piece in our heart

than can only be filled by God himself.

Many search and search in vain because they do not realize

that the void in their life is accepting the truth about God.

The truth that he does exist; that he is real.

 

For ‘In him we live and move and have our being,’

 

...we are the offspring of God...

He created us in his image...we are his adopted children.

 

When Paul proceeded to reveal the truth of the Resurrection

of Jesus from the dead;

this spiritual group of people decided

they had other things

they would rather be doing.

They offered their excuses and turned away.

Many times we actually do not want to hear the truth.

The truth can be painful.

But the truth can also set you free.

“We should like to hear you on this some other time.”

In reality this was just a ploy devised to remain in their current beliefs.

Paul moved on and respected their request.

In order to accept the truth our heats must be primed and ready to receive.

The time was not right the day Paul was preaching in Athens.

These people needed more time but Paul needed to keep moving.

Paul only had so much time to keep the message

of the Lord alive and growing.

 

 

Jesus tells the disciples there is so much more

I want to tell you,

but I cannot at this time.

He promises to reveal more and more of his truths through the Spirit.

“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.

The Spirit continues to reveal truths about God even today.

Every time the words of Jesus or verses from the bible

 make more sense to you, that is the work of the Spirit.

 

The Spirit works in each of us as our hearts are opened

and readied to handle more of the Divine Truths.

 

The Blessings of Easter...

the Spirit continues to reveal truths about God.

God is so complex that the Spirit has infinite

possibilities to reveal to us.

I pray to always be open to the revelation of new truths about God.

The Spirit reveals what is of Jesus and declares them to us as needed.