Bible Verse of The Day – 9-8-23

1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV) 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

The verse above makes it clear that the Holy Spirit is indwelling in believers; He lives in us.

He does not follow us around, walk beside us or walk ahead of us. He dwells inside us.

Knowing this, we should also be aware of the implications this has for all of us; we are never out of His presence.

He is everywhere we go.

What does that mean for us?

Most will readily say that because He is always with us, He will protect us.

There is truth in this, but maybe not in the exact way most of us would like it to be.

Let me explain.

The Holy Spirit’s “job” is to lead us, guide us and help us. Nowhere are we told that He will control us.

On the contrary, we each have free will. We do what we choose to do. He will do everything possible to point us in the right direction, but we make the choice to obey or not.

And this is where it can get sticky for us.

If He leads and we obey, all is good. We are pleasing God.

If He leads and we choose to do something other than what He prompts us to do, we are stepping into territory where we are largely on our own. And this can get tricky since we are no longer following His lead.

From another perspective, think about what His indwelling presence means if we ignore His leading and step into something that we know is contrary to what God wants for us.

We are subjecting Him to whatever our choices lead us into.

He hears the conversations we have. He sees everything that we look at. He accompanies us everywhere we go. He hears everything that we listen to.

Do you see where this is going?

Conversations, movies, TV shows, music, social media posts; He sees and hears it all as we participate in whatever it might be we are doing.

This should cause us to choose carefully what we do, knowing that whatever we expose ourselves to we are also exposing Him to.

This is not a scare tactic. This is not to intimidate anyone.

But as we begin to understand some of these things, it brings clarity to our spirits and helps us make better decisions in everything we do, giving us accountability.

Remember the Holy Spirit, our Invisible Companion.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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