…I will pour out my spirit on all flesh
God said that he would pour out his spirit on all flesh, not just his prophets. And this would happen when the Messiah came. It was fulfilled in Acts 2:17-21 when the disciples were filled with the Spirit and spoke in tongues that the foreign Jews could understand.
My challenge this week is to believe that prophesy, dreams and visions and other manifestations of the spirit are meant for all of us. God can do this for anyone of us who are believers and at any point in our relationship with him.
Right now I am trying to seek the LORD’s guidance in my life, but at times feel as though he is silent. I need to trust him that he can speak to me, and he will do it in his timing. My call is to trust and wait – but he himself will provide the guidance clearly.
I am reminded of Saul’s encounter with trusting the LORD in 1 Samuel 13… He was told to wait for Samuel to come and make a sacrifice before he went out into battle. But as the enemies approached in great numbers and his soldiers began leaving him he acted rashly and did the sacrifice himself. Then Samuel arrived and rebuked him for his faithlessness. Saul however claimed to have acted righteously and in line with biblical principles. The faith that God wanted from Saul was a faith that would wait for the guidance of the LORD even if he was the last one standing on the hill with a great army closing in on him. Maybe God is asking me or you to have this kind of faith as we wait for his guidance.
Comment by Madison
April 27, 2010 @ 8:56 pm
Good thoughts, Luke! I haven’t given much thought to Saul’s rashness and it’s application to my life. Thanks for pointing this out!