Unending Love

Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the Lord is coming; Surely it is near.  Joel 2:1 NASB

And there isn’t anything we can’t face when we know we have the power of Holy Spirit inside us as we walk with Jesus.  Oh, we can grieve Him but we cannot lose Him. This is God’s Pentecost promise! 

We need to know that He is still closer than our breath—even when it feels like God has ceased to uphold His promise to never abandon us because the pain runs so deep and the silence feels so deafening and life feels so disappointing.

Romans 5:5 NIV And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

I might not know what valleys you’re walking through—or have come through—but I do know this: Not only will Jesus NOT abandon you, Holy Spirit’s desire is to comfort you. 

His comfort is the assurance that Jesus knows pain, enters into our pain, and won’t waste our pain. His wisdom provides supernatural hope. Not the kind of hope like when we say, “I hope this thing happens” or “I hope I can heal from this pain.” 

It is the hope of salvation that “will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us…

John 14:26 NASB But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Seek Holy Spirit, sing with Him, pray with Him, invite Him into your everyday moments, share joy, frustration, hope, shame, with all things laid before Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit comes alongside us to unravel the tangled mess of our thoughts and fill us with faith, growing in discernment that can only come from God. 

Just like the unending love of the Father and the saving grace of the Son, the awakening presence of Holy Spirit is a lifeline to a relationship with the triune God. Stop and ask Holy Spirit to speak to you today. Right now, even as you listen to this. Pause and invite Holy Spirit to reveal more of Himself to you in this moment. 

Then, as you go throughout your day, allow this moment to transform into moments that shape your day. As you practice the discipline of inviting Holy Spirit into your circumstances each day, you will begin to unlock a deeper understanding of His role in your life. Watch and see, the journey has only just begun.