Ever noticed how simple it can be when at the last minute
you’re asked or maybe decide on your own to bring refreshments somewhere. If
your cupboard is stock-up you probably have a ready-to-eat or simple-to-prepare
item right there.
Then when you arrive you find that others have brought
something too and so there is more-than-enough for everyone present. Everyone
gets blessed, both those who brought something and those who didn’t.
For each of us who have accepted Jesus as Savior and have
made Him the Lord of our lives, we have a portion of His Holy Spirit within our personal ‘spirit’ cupboard . . . all the time. So everywhere we go we bring our
portion of the Holy Spirit with us. It
is meant to bless others.
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Corinthians 12: 1-13 says it this way:
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers,
(Christian sisters, too) I do not want you to be ignorant. You know that when
you were pagans, somehow
or other you were influenced and led astray… Therefore I tell you that no one
who is speaking by the Spirit of God
says, “Jesus be cursed,” and
no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit . . .
There are different kinds of
gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same
Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works
all of them in all men.
Now to each one the manifestation of the
Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is
given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the
message of knowledge by
means of the same Spirit, to
another faith by
the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one
Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another
prophecy, to
another distinguishing between spirits, to another
speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation
of tongues. All
these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them
to each one, just as he determines.
The body is a unit, though it is made up of
many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with
Christ. For we were all
baptized by one Spirit into one
body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit
to drink.
As you
head out the door today, to wherever you are going, remember to bring some refreshments
to share. It’s simple if the Holy Spirit
has stocked your cupboard.
Gratefully
HIS,
Jan
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