Saturday, November 7, 2009

Me vs. The Holy Spirit

This morning while reading my devotional for Crazy Love something hit me; how much do I really praise the Lord? Check out Psalm 98:4-9. When was the last time you had shout's of joy for the Lord? Or "burst" into jubilant song with music?
Can you imagine what that would look like?
Ok so here's where the me vs. the HS thing takes place. So I'm sitting at my new desk finishing up my teaching notes for tomorrow. And it hit's me: have the church do this tomorrow. I'm thinking yea right. This is how I get closest to the Lord, through worship. But, then I wonder....what would that really look like? Shouts of Joy! Burst of jubilant song! Trumpets! Blast of the Ram's Horn. (where's Sean when I need him and his ram's horn).
So my question to myself is this. Is this me or the HS? And how do you distinguish between the two? My desires/the HS desires. Know I know we don't need to over spiritualize this at all. But, I sometimes wonder what's really "us" our wishes/desires/thoughts etc. or that of the HS.
I'll let you if I get a clearer answer from the Lord for tomorrow.
Blessings Pastor Jim

1 comment:

Cassie said...

papa... i am loving your blog, and thoughts!!!!!


my answer would be, if you think it's not something you would naturally think of, than its probably the HS... especially if it challenges people in their spiritual growth!