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Original post @ https://dbethandrews.wordpress.com/2023/11/24/the-holy-spirit-at-work/
The Holy Spirit at Work
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 24, 2023 BY BETH ANDREWS
When my son was first starting school, he was diagnosed with ADHD and after trying many alternatives, we finally relented and gave him prescribed medication. I opted to homeschool him in middle school and made a very interesting discovery one day. He took his morning meds and we sat down together to work on spelling and vocabulary. As he wrote out the words and definitions, I watched the medication take effect. The first several entries he wrote were sloppy and careless but gradually his writing improved noticeably. He took his time and his handwriting was much neater with no mistakes. It was a dramatic change.
There is something – or rather Someone – that makes a dramatic change in a person. When someone is saved through faith in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the third member of the Trinity comes to reside in the believer and begin the work of transformation. The changes the Spirit brings start on the inside and work their way out. He is the Spirit of Truth (Jn 16:13), teaching us truth from God’s Word and Truth in the person of Jesus. He is the Spirit of wisdom and revelation (Eph 1:17), taking that truth and making it real in our lives. He is the Spirit of life (Rom 8:10-11). He raised Jesus from the dead and is raising us who were spiritually dead, “giving life to our mortal bodies.” He leads us to “put to death the misdeeds of the body (8:13) and “testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children (8:16).
He is the Spirit of Holiness (Rom 1:4) working within us to transform our hearts and lives so that we will be “conformed to the likeness of [God’s] Son” (Rom 8:29). It is a far more dramatic change than a dose of medication. Paul wrote, “Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires” and “the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace” (8:5,6).
Granted the transformation isn’t as quick as taking a pill; it is a lifelong process, but even in small steps the work of the Spirit is still evident. The corollary is clear, if there is no fruit of transformation, there is no Spirit, and no Christ (8:9). Beloved, how has the Spirit of Christ worked in you? Can you see the changes He has made in your heart, your habits, words, desires, attitude, reactions, and decisions? Let Him work in you and transform you into the image of Jesus.
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