I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what gives a place its sense of being. On walking into an ancient building such as a cathedral or church there is this sense of it having being a place of prayer for thousands of years. There is this sense of the Spirit of God being present. The Bible tells us that at the beginning of time the earth had no form but that the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. In Psalm 51, the psalmist requests God not to take the Holy Spirit from him and Luke’s Gospel speaks of an ‘Advocate’ who will come and testify about Jesus.
The Holy Spirit can sometimes be forgotten in the focus on the person of Jesus but the truth is that we cannot focus on Jesus without Him. He is a full member of the Trinity, in tandem with the Father and the Son. In the current age, we have become very good at doing but perhaps we have not been so good at being. It is essential that in seeking to be, in the process of silence and meditation and prayer, that we seek the support and empowerment that is the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He is a vital part of our life in Christ.
It is so easy to become caught up in all the doing. Indeed it is comforting to fill the hours of the day with activity and then feel that we have fulfilled our mandate as Christians. But what is it that we really have achieved, because if we have achieved our goals without prayer at the centre, what then? It is not that we must not enagage in good works, but those good works must be set in the context of the Holy Spirit’s agenda and must be the work of furthering God’s kingdom. If we follow in His way, then our work will bear fruit.
The Bible asks us to seek first the kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit is so much part of that process. We only need to seek Him diligently and He will be found…
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