We are talking about loving Jesus with all our hearts. The only way we can love Him with that intensity is by having a revelation of His love in our hearts. This is the work of the Holy Spirit within us. I want to take just a little longer to dwell on this ministry of the Spirit since it is so little understood in the body of Christ today.
“The Helper, the Holy Spirit . . . will teach you all things.” John 14:26 NASB
“But when He, the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth.” John 16:13 NASB
Notice His title there: the Spirit of truth.
So, what has the Holy Spirit been teaching you lately? What truth has He been guiding you into? There are things we can do that will make us more sensitive and open to receiving what He is trying to teach us. These are the disciplines of the Christian life. Bible reading, prayer, worship, and receiving teaching from those anointed to minister truth in the body of Christ. But you can be doing all those things and still not be receiving the full benefit of the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit.
I’ll say it again. The Holy Spirit is going to put some thoughts in your mind. “I will put My laws into their minds.” (Heb. 8:10) When we begin to expect this, we begin to notice it when it happens. If we will meditate on what He is trying to tell us, then we will find that the Holy Spirit will write this truth on our hearts (incorporate it into the very fabric of our spirits) and we will be transformed. (Heb. 8:10)
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