Sunday, November 2, 2008

Ablaze for God - Day 49 Devotional


“Who God Longs to Fill”
Submitted by Loretta Sunderland
Key text: Acts 15:9

Who does God long to fill? ALL! At the moment of salvation, (that precious free gift of grace) the moment we respond to God’s prevenient grace (the grace that goes before) and His unconditional love for us, we are indwelt by the Spirit (Rom 8:9) Although we receive all of the Spirit at the moment of salvation, He does not do all of His ministry within us at the same time. Our faith is alive, active, and dynamic, which involves a beautiful relationship with the Triune God.

On one still Oklahoma night, my family and I sat around the table singing and visiting together, when my younger sister, with tears in her eyes, said she wanted Jesus, she wanted to get rid of all that held her back, but she doesn’t believe that He could ever possibly want her. Not after everything she has done in her life. BUT……………. God longs to fill us with His Spirit, He takes great delight in us, and he loves to be in relationship with us. Let’s pray together; not only for my sister, but for all the brothers and sisters who are lost and seeking. For Jesus has said, I have come to seek and save that which is lost (Luke 19:10). We are made His child and His ambassador by the Father’s grace, Christ’s washing, and the Spirit’s quickening. All be to the glory of God.

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