REACH

Are you living under the influence of the Holy Spirit or are you just influenced by Him now and then only at your convenience?

We are not only to be influenced by the Holy Spirit but we are to live "under" the influence of the Holy Spirit. When you are under the influence of something you can't do what you used to do. You ever see someone is under the influence of alcohol trying to do things that they normally could do but can't do them because of the alcohol. They have more of the substance in them that their flesh just can't handle it, they can no longer do what they use to do.

When you live under the influence of the Holy Spirit and you have so much of the presence of God in you life that you can no longer do what you use to do. So much of the presence of the Holy Spirit that you can no longer walk and talk like you used to, you can no longer hang out with the people you used to that drug you down, music you listened to, or ingest those things that would cause you to lose control.

We are called to have the presence of the Living God in us so strongly that it causes us to reject that which is death to us. People should be able to take one look at us and see that we are under the influence of Holy Spirit. We should have a boldness and no longer a fear to speak of His Goodness. We should be under the influence that we can't help but to speak life to a lost and dying world.

Be filled with the Spirit and live under the influence!

Reaching out to the Youth of Bloomington, In.