Do not quench the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
We cannot prevent God
from accomplishing His work in the world around us, but we can quench His
Spirit in our lives. God has given us the freedom to withstand the Holy Spirit’s
activity in our lives. When we ignore, disobey, or reject what the Spirit is
telling us, we quench His activity in us. The prophet Isaiah described the
result: ?Hearing you will hear and not understand, and seeing you will see and
not perceive; For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are
hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their
eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts
and turn, so that I should heal them? (Isa. 6:9; Matt. 13:14-15).
When you sin, the Holy
Spirit will convict you of your need for repentance. If you habitually ignore
Him and do not repent, your heart will grow hardened to God’s Word. If the
Spirit speaks to you about God’s will for you, and if you refuse to take
action, a time will come when the Spirit’s voice will be muted in your life. If
you continually reject the Spirit’s promptings, a day will come when you no
longer hear a word from God. If you repeatedly stifle God’s word to you so that
you are no longer sensitive to His voice, He will not give you a fresh word. Be
wary of resisting the voice of the Spirit in your life. You may not always be
comfortable with what the Spirit is saying to you, but His words will guide you
to abundant life.
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