Whatever you are full of is what comes out when you are bumped, just like a full glass of water. Some are full of un-forgiveness because they have been bumped so much. Others are full of anger because at one time they were full of pain. They held on to it and it fermented into anger. Still others are full of worry because a bad experience was kept, nurtured, and grew into a tangled vine that has choked so just about everything into a worst-case-scenario.
Your eye will look for what your heart is full of. Your ear will pick up and tune into whatever is reverberating in your heart. If you are interested in (desiring) red pickup trucks, you will see them everywhere. If not, you won’t notice them even if they are right in front of you.
The Bible tells us to “…be filled with the Spirit…” and Jesus said, “…if anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink…out of his heart will flow rivers of living water…He said this about the Spirit, whom those who believe in Him would receive.” (John 7:37-39). You can be full of the Life of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit of God, living in you, with you, through you, as you, in the world around you.
Guess what comes out when you get bumped…Jesus; when you get falsely accused…Jesus; when you receive compliments…Jesus; when you are interrupted…Jesus; when you have to stop suddenly or start suddenly…Jesus; when everything is in a tail-spin…Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Christ!
When you squeeze a lemon, you get lemon juice. When you squeeze a Christian, you get…, well it all depends; it depends on what they are full of; could be sour or could be sweet.
Being filled with the Holy Spirit does not mean you get more of God, it means that He gets more of you. Don’t think of being filled with the Spirit as an empty glass being filled with a big pitcher of water; think of it as a fountain springing up from within you and flowing out to flood a desert; a river of Life from a Spring Whose source is God with you.
People who are filled with the Holy Spirit do not even know they are, but people around them sure do; there is a particular love, joy, peace, patience, kindness…about them and around them that calls attention to Jesus Christ.
Receive Jesus Christ today; in the Bible, in prayer, in serving, in everything you do, look for Him, listen to Him, live from Him and the world will experience Him, in you. You will get bumped, squeezed, tempted, knocked down, cursed, taken advantage of, stolen from, congratulated, blessed, and tested; if you are full of heaven, you will giv’em heaven! So be filled with the Spirit and then giv’em Heaven!
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