Help from the Holy Spirit

https://odb.org/MY/2021/09/05/help-from-the-holy-spirit

God’s standards are high and yet He wants us to meet them. Thus He sent Jesus to die for our sins so that we are all redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. After Christ rose again but before He ascended back to heaven, He promised us a helper and the Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost. Such a mighty outpouring of power in miraculous healings, signs and wonders and most importantly, extra ordinary boldness came upon the Apostles and believers to proclaim the power of God in their lives that many were added to the faith daily. The Holy Spirit made a historical change in the lives of believers!

God’s standards are still high today. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. But with the Holy Spirit in us and with us, there is actually nothing that we cannot do – I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 3:14). Nothing is impossible with God – or with man this is impossible but with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26).

The message today is that if we, like the Israelites, have backslided; God wants to cure us of our backsliding (Jeremiah 3:22). The LORD is calling us to return to Him, to repent of our sins, to turn away from our crooked and rebellious ways. God wants to give us victory over sin. There is no habit or sin that is too difficult to overcome. His standards may be still high but He is gracious and compassionate and forgiving. God is like the professor who wants us to do well. If He is marking our life story, He wants to find all sorts of ways to give us points, to let us pass, to help us overcome, to let us succeed and move on to greater heights in Him. He is not the examiner who is constantly finding fault with us to minus our marks to fail us and impede our progress in Him. The thing is God refuses to lower His standards but He will help us through with the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives! Repent and turn back to Him and He will make our paths smooth and straight again! He will be our God and we His people again!