Sunday, February 7, 2010

There's a Hole In My .....Lamp.....dear Liza dear Liza

I love allegorical stories and I once asked the Lord if He wouldn't want to give me an allegorical story to write. I have waited on that answer for years. Sometimes wondering if my story would become as famous as Hannah Hurnard's High Feet in High Places. Her story of course has helped millions discover the essential truth in every fruitful Christians life , that our minds are to be renewed with God's word.
She actually may have my subject matter covered because the renewing of our minds is the way we are transformed . My allegorical subject requires transforming and probably is going to amount to a short story suitable , maybe for some Christian magazine that accepts fictitious stories as articles.
I do not want to wait until that day when this would be article is at sometime submitted when I have at my disposal this world wide web and all who want can read it whenever they want.
My word of testimony today is I have an analogy for an allegorical story that I feel will be of great benefit to the Christian community. I am assuming the Christian community has as it's greatest most important concern , being a bride ready for the bridegroom when He comes.
The most important part of being ready for His return would not be doing the right things . It would be doing the right things with the right spirit.
I have found that being made uncomfortable when I have a wrong spirit is a blessing . I once lamented that I was not engulfed with believers who were on constant overflow from the Holy Spirit. However, I now see that in a whole new light.
While it indeed might be wonderful to have your entire being filled day after day with an out pouring of the Holy Spirit. If I had such an opportunity now it would be hard to pass up.
However, I am painfully aware that what I am getting is not being worked into my spirit thus producing for me a right spirit.
What I have is a bucket with a hole in it. As long as I kept going somewhere where there was some overflow my hole in my bucket was not very noticeable. Getting less and less of an opportunity to join with spirit filled believers is making me painfully aware of my lack of love.
Also those addictions that I could joyfully receive grace for , are standing out to me much more.
Yes , I do want an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Yes, I do want God to create within me a clean heart. Yes, I do want Him to restore a right spirit within me. And I want one thing more. I want to know how to maintain that right spirit so that when He returns , I will be sure to have enough.

Ps 51 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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