The ABC's of the HOLY SPIRIT

The GIFT of the HOLY SPIRIT

is only the beginning of salvation.

When you willingly accept the gift of the Holy Spirit that God has so generously offered to you, 

you have only taken the first step towards salvation.

 It's sort of like when you go to school for the very first time.  You are so proud. . .you sing your ABC song to everyone, and then your teacher tells you, OK that's it, you know your ABC's now, that's everything you need to do.  Go out and start reading. 

No of course not, and salvation works exactly the same.

The gift of the Holy Spirit is only the beginning of knowledge.  That excited feeling you experience, when you receive the gift is exactly like knowing your ABC's or being able to count to ten.  

Your face is shining, you cannot contain your excitement, you need to tell everyone, and then what?  

Then the learning must begin.  Just as the learning to read began with small steps, so must your spiritual education begin.  Small incremental steps, a daily process of studying God's principles, of learning God's ways.

Just as you learned the difference between vowels, and consonants, and the sounds each letter makes, you must begin to know God's precepts. . .line upon line, here a little, there a little. 

Just as a child progresses in their reading skills, adding knowledge each day, beginning to put sounds together to form words, so must you begin to add spiritual knowledge each day, in small incremental steps.  

Just as a child must have a teacher to learn from, so must you have a spiritual mentor.  

Just as a child must practice the daily skills they learn, so must you practice your spiritual skills.

This may be something as simple as singing a worship song, and having the presence of God flow over you, as the words become a praise from your heart to the ears of God.

It may be as simple as learning the words of Psalm 23 and being able to say; The LORD is my Shepherd. . .and that's all I need to know.  As long as I stay under His protection, he will lead and guide me in all His ways.

My prayer today is that we will always know the Lord as our Shepherd, and that we will learn of Him each day.  I pray that learning God's ways will be a daily education, and that we will progress from the ABC's of HIS Word, all the way through to our College degree. . and that on graduation day when we stand before His  throne, a crown will be placed on our head, and He will say, "well done thy good and faithful servant."


How do I receive the marvelous Gift of the Holy Spirt?

My Daily Devotional 

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