the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job 32:8. Grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Romans 8:9.
No person is more spiritless than he who is proud. To those only who are humble does God give His grace and Spirit. He resists the proud, for they have the spirit of Satan. Be filled with the Holy Spirit, then, means become really humble, bow down before God in your hearts. Then will He also stoop to you and fill you with His Spirit. This is the mystery of all mysteries. It is known by the simple but hidden from the proud. These are without Spirit, consequently without true enlightenment. They never learn, even though they are always at it, the things that belong to their peace. He who possesses the Holy Spirit must take care to retain the Spirit in the same way as he received Him. The higher God by this great gift has exalted him above others, the lower ought he to bow down to others. Nothing grieves the Spirit so much and nothing drives Him away so easily as self-importance and self-exaltation, the refusal to heed His voice and to follow His guidance. One easily sinks from the Spirit down to the flesh again if one does not with faithfulness and humility walk in the Spirit. Ye children of God, who are led by the Spirit, because ye have Him abiding in you, O preserve this incomparable blessing! The world can cause you no greater harm than when you permit the Spirit to be ’’quenched" in you. Pray incessantly for the Holy Spirit! Remain in fellowship with Him, and allow yourselves as children to be led, reprimanded, enlightened, comforted and preserved by Him.
Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Savior’s love,
And that shall kindle ours.
