Today : What Influence Are You Under?
TODAY’S VERSE
Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 5:18 (NLT)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
Be filled with the Spirit. It is a hard concept to grasp. It helps to see it in the context Paul was using. The key is in the reference to being drunk on wine. There is only one way to get drunk. You get drunk by being “filled” with alcohol until the amount that you consume has you under its influence. This is not a casual drink that is in moderation. This is in excess to where you become drunk. So what is he saying about our life in the Spirit? Paul says that instead of getting drunk with wine, let us have the same insatiable appetite for the guidance and fellowship of the Holy Spirit. When we meditate, read, pray and commune with the Holy Spirit enough, which is more than a casual occurrence of reading a few verses of scriptures, we will begin to be “filled” or under the influence of the Holy Spirit’s leading in our daily living. It is interesting, the tense is not a “one time” filling, but actually means “be filled and keep on being filled.” You do not get drunk on wine once for the rest of your life. The effect of the wine soon dissipates. To continually be drunk you have to continually drink the wine. Although the Holy Spirit does not leave us, in order to stay “filled” or influenced by the Holy Spirit, we need to continually stay in communication and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Today, commit yourself to being under the influence of God through His Holy Spirit.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, I know I need Your direction and Your guidance. I submit myself to you and desire to have Your Holy Spirit control my life. Help me commune and fellowship with You so I will be more and more under Your influence.
AMEN
TODAY’S AFFIRMATION & MEDITATION
I am under the influence of God’s Holy Spirit
Quietly invite the Holy Spirit to control your life. Give Him your will, your emotions, your mind and your choices. Visualize yourself going throughout your day in communion with God, listening to His guidance, considering what His will would be with your various choices. Sense the peace and joy that comes from allowing the influence of the Holy Spirit to guide your life. Say aloud, “I am under the influence of God’s holy Spirit.
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