If you live here in Indiana, or anywhere in the midwest, you've just come through a couple of weeks that literally paralyzed schedules because of snow and freezing rain. While I dislike this time of year with a passion (Other than sledding once or twice) I've grown up in this state so I know what it takes to live victoriously in the midst of it. If you want to be able to leave the house with any kind of confidence that you aren't going to fail and get stuck in a snowbank or slide off the road into a ditch, a must have is a vehicle with 4 Wheel Drive. Because I have it I cannot tell you the last time I even hesitated about going outside in the middle of a storm. I haven't been in any situation I couldn't get through or even thought twice about not being able to get through. It's a kind of confidence and mindset that encourages you do things you know you couldn't do in a vehicle without it.
If you've driven your vehicle in a storm without 4WD and then shifted it into 4WD you say to yourself...."I'll never get another vehicle without it."
Well it hit me (Or God did) this past Sunday morning as I headed out to church that God's word has been trying to tell me for years that if you have ever believed enough in the Holy Spirit to call upon Him in your life to do something you know you can't begin to do on your own.... it's the same feeling. Why would any believer in Christ have this set of gears in their life and not utilize them every chance they get? The only thing I can think of is that we don't understand it so we don't give it a chance or we don't even know we have it. Both of those scenarios are sad. The cliches that come to mind are..."You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink, or you can buy them books and buy them books, but until they read them...."
Father, I'm sorry for the many times I struggled and fretted about doing anything in your name because I didn't believe enough in the Holy Spirit you left behind for me. Believe enough to call on it to do more than I could ever do, and do it better. I'm vowing anew to you today Father to call on you Holy Spirit for strength and power to be the confident Christian you want me to be.
"While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God's Word with fearless confidence."
Acts 4:31
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