“And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from
Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.” Luke 4:1
Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit and was led by the Spirit. The
Holy Spirit didn’t force Jesus into the wilderness, but Jesus
submitted himself and followed the leadings of the Spirit. One of
the greatest needs in our day and time is for people to be so full
of the Holy Spirit that the Spirit might lead and direct. The Holy
Spirit does not force people to live a certain way, but rather, He
gently leads them.
If people don’t listen, they won’t be led. Often I have heard people
say they need more of the Holy Spirit. Bro. Chuck Elwell often
reminded us that we either have the Spirit or we don’t. What people
need that have been filled with the Spirit is to yield and surrender
themselves in a greater way to the Spirit.
The Spirit desires to be an integral part of our lives. He wants to
have full, complete right of way. Are we completely yielding
ourselves to the Holy Spirit that God is receiving the greatest
glorification in our lives?
A committee of ministers in a certain city was discussing the
possibility of having D.L. Moody to serve as the evangelist during a
city-wide evangelistic campaign.
Finally, one young minister who did not want to invite Moody stood
up and said: “Why Moody? Does he have a monopoly of the Holy
Spirit?”
There was silence. Then an old godly minister spoke up: “No, he does
not have a monopoly of the Holy Spirit; but the Holy Spirit has a
monopoly of D.L. Moody.
Let us be challenged to completely surrender ourselves daily that
the Holy Spirit can have a monopoly of our lives.
