Is He With Us?

When we need help next to the road with a car that just died and nothing happens when you crank the motor, you send for help. Maybe someone comes and assists you on the roadside or your car gets towed to a workshop. You may be struggling with a problem at work, a new device or machine and, because it’s new and no one has worked with it before, you call for the manufacturers to come and assist, or you go to them and receive some training. Our help always comes from somewhere and someone who knows better, more experienced and maybe more qualified than we are in the specific area. It does not just get fixed by itself. Help comes to the rescue.

Gents. What about our spiritual walk with God? When we need help or need guidance, how do we receive it? Prayer is a good answer. Just taking a moment and speaking to God is a good one as well. Let’s see what John 16:7 has to say – “But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” For us to grow in God’s kingdom here on earth, we need help at times, guidance in other instances; and growth. How do we get this? Jesus clearly stated that He had to leave earth so that God’s Spirit would be with us – the Counsellor.

Without Him we are still nothing, even when saved and walking a life with God. The Holy Spirit is the One closest to us in all our times of need. He is also our Teacher, our Counsellor, our Guide, our link into God’s presence. He intercedes for us before the Father. Therefore, when life comes to halt due to some failure, some hurt, some mistake we made, we need the Holy Spirit. He is with us daily, every second we breathe, and He is our Assistant, our Helper, the One who is more of an expert than we are in life’s matters. All I can say is that I’ve gone through tough times and ugly snares; life just about coming to a standstill. All I did was call out to God, and many a times I just felt this small nudge in my mind or heart, and the answer was there for me – help had arrived. I didn’t do it alone. No, I had His Spirit offering me the answers. The Holy Spirit will pull and push us and make sure we stay on track. Without Him we will be lost and helpless.

As we continue our walk with Jesus the Holy Spirit teaches and stretches us so we can grow in our capacity to receive what God is saying and what He wants from us. We need to recognize the presence of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. And we need to build a relationship with Him. Jesus said that He was going but would not leave us alone. He promised us the Holy Spirit. He will indwell you. He will teach you all things, and He will remind you of everything Jesus taught us, or what we are taught through the Bible. Now go and seek Him and ask Him, the Holy Spirit, to make Himself known to you. Let’s start this new journey and enjoy the better future ahead. Let us recognize and worship God the Holy Spirit and be led by Him every day. May your life be filled with great joy from now onwards. God bless…