The Purpose of the Holy Spirit

Text: John 14:26
More lessons: John 14:12-17
Bible Reading in one Year: Psalms 55-57

Whatever God does is on purpose and for a purpose. God is only motivated by the counsel of His will. He is extravagant enough to create billions of galaxies and stellar bodies to illuminate one tiny planet called earth but he is also detailed enough to number the bio-strands growing out of the pores on your skin and mark them off when they fall. Our God does nothing without a designated purpose. The first time we felt the Holy Spirit, was when He made man out of the dust of the earth and breathe into him the breathe of life - from the original rendering 'pneuma' meaning wind, force or the Spirit. It was after the dusty man received God's Spirit that he began to walk and talk, and exercise dominion over nature just as God originally intended. 

The Holy Spirit is the essence of God in you enabling you to walk in His power and do His will. In everyday life, When we use the word 'spirit', we often mean, the essence the behaviour or the character for example. Even if you go to the ends of the earth when you enter a Nigerian home, you just know it because of the Nigerian spirit - it's warm and hospitable. That’s the same work the Holy Spirit has come to do in the believer's life. He reproduces the very essence, power and character of God in you. Jesus speaking in our text emphasizes that the Holy Spirit will bring to remembrance what we have forgotten and teach us what we do not know. 

He is the connector of past present and future, nothing missing, nothing broken. All that is required to live in health and wealth, the Holy Spirit can teach us. He made Adam name all the animals without a single biology lecture or textbook because He is not the spirit of information, he is the Spirit of revelation. He is not a magician so He performs no tricks. Whatever He does is permanent. He is the Christian's proof producer. He is like a mighty man on a mission, sent in Jesus name, echoing the voice and authority of Jesus, and leading us daily in victory over satanic trickery and lies. 

Jesus didn't start His earthly ministry without the fullness of the Holy Spirit nor did He end saying it is finished until He had given up the Holy Ghost. Simply put, the Holy Ghost is a compulsory companion to all who will be leading lights in this present darkness. It is not enough to know Jesus as Lord, its time to experience the Holy Spirit as Comforter, Teacher, Powerhouse, and Friend. The Holy Spirit is heaven on earth. Find and fulfil your purpose today. Get the Holy Ghost.

Prayer/Action
* Resubmit yourself entirely to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
*Pray in the Spirit for most part of today.

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