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👉🏼 (Reading: Matthew 10:17-27)
📜 ""For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you""
Matthew 10:20 (NIV)
📋 Every believer has been given the Holy Spirit, and he lives in us. The Holy Spirit, like God the Father, is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Therefore, as believers, it is not enough to know that the Holy Spirit is present in our lives; we must also learn to depend on him for everything we need and do.
God sent the Holy Spirit to be our helper, assisting us in our endeavours, including the words we speak. Jesus emphasized this when he said: "For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Earlier, he instructed his disciples not to worry about what to say if brought before kings, assuring them that the Holy Spirit would provide the needed words. If we can trust the Holy Spirit for our words, we can trust him for all other needs. He is ready to give us counsel regarding our day-to-day activities.
At school, he is there to teach us and help us understand. He is there to guide us in our marriages and businesses and help us navigate our work for maximum profit.
May we learn to depend on him for everything and, in doing so, not worry about anything in this life.
Are you depending on the Holy Spirit?
🔑 Key Lesson: The Holy Spirit will give us utterance when we lack what to say.
🛐 Meditation and Prayer: Holy Spirit, I depend on you for everything.
📚 Further Reading: John 14:26; 16:12-14.
◼️The Bible in One Year: Ezra 8-10.