Holy Spirit Moves Us…

Holy Spirit Moves Us…

When the people were gathered together in the UpperRoom, the description of the Holy Spirit falling on them is that of tongues, as of fire. God was with them as there was no fear of fire falling on one-another.

Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. ~Acts 2:3 NKJB

What happened next is what happens to each person that experiences the Holy Spirit – they immediately, without hesitation – begin sharing the Gospel, Advancing the Kingdom and begin moving about as Ambassadors in the Kingdom of God. This is described in several places in the Holy Bible and is the experience of most every person that is convicted by the Holy Spirit – they begin to move, they begin to change the environment around them – immediately, without hesitation.

What happens when the Holy Spirit begins moving in us, through us and all around us? Well, our whole world changes. We adopt a new outlook. We move in such a way that seeking the Mind of Christ becomes common place. We pray more and more while encouraging others to do the same. We use a new vocabulary, we see our spouse and our children in a different light, we see them in the Light of the World, Jesus Christ. When the Holy Spirit moves, we move.

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. ~Romans 8:26-27 NASB95

We may not even realize our life is beginning to morph, to change, to blossom but those around us most certainly see and hear a different person before them. They may see us a being drunk, they may see us as being someone they don’t know, but they understand what we are saying; they understand we are speaking of a Savior that it is for them. This is not in question.

And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born? ~Acts 2:8 NASB95

We all have our own language, the language our “tribe” understands and knows. We have groups of people in our lives – our family, groups of interest, the people we did drugs with, the people we drank with, the women, and men, of the night we laid with, the list goes on and on and on. All of these “tribes” in our lives have a peculiar language that each speaks. When the Holy Spirit moves we can speak to these different groups in the language they will understand and hear.

…we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ~Acts 2:12-13 NASB95

This is when discipleship begins – the moment we are ask – What does this mean?

Either the Scripture is the divine Word of God teaching us how to live and how to be a reflection of Him, or it’s nothing more than a historical account of events.