HOW TO BE FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Word became flesh and made
his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only
Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth –
John 1:14 (NIV).
Nana
Kwame had a strong desire to become a lawyer when he was at the elementary
school. His mother detested this idea because of her perceptions about lawyers but
the father secretly admired it. Kwame took interest in reading wide and always
when he got to the senior high school. Besides, he genuinely developed interest
in listening to news daily and reading the dailies and many titles on current
affairs. He purposely studied General Art courses at the high school and obtained
excellent grades in Economics, Government, Geography, Social Studies and
English Language. He subsequently, obtained a degree in Law and undertook his
Professional Law course which qualified him to be called to the Bar. Thus Kwame
realized his childhood dream of becoming a lawyer because he acquired legal
knowledge and skill. However, for Kwame
to excel in the legal field, he has to constantly feed on relevant legal
knowledge and sharpen his skills by using his knowledge to solve legal problems.
There lies his significance!
The
content of a thing determines its nature and purpose. Lawyers and Medical
Doctors are, respectively, known as persons who can better appreciate legal and
medical issues by virtue of their legal and medical contents. Similarly, the
Clergy are perceived as people who can better relate to spiritual issues because
of their biblical contents. We can therefore conclude that the knowledge of a
person usually determines that person’s functions in life. The more
knowledgeable a person in a particular field; the more influence that person is
likely to wax in that field. Accordingly, knowledgeable persons are influential
but the ignoramus is detested.
Knowledge
makes a person. It is the most important asset of any persons who possess it. Knowledge is the accumulation of words related
to a particular discipline or subject. Robert T. Kiyosaki in his Retire Young Retire Rich opined, “…In my
opinion, words are the most powerful tools available to human beings”. Sharing some
lessons he had drawn from his rich father, Robert explains that words are tools
for the brain and that any person who uses poor words has poor ideas and a poor
life. Jesus authored this great truth when he told his disciples that “…The
words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” – John 6:63b (NKJV).
The words of Jesus were his knowledge about God and His kingdom. His entire
life was pivoted on God’s Word.
The
words of Jesus are spirit and life. This means that there is a spirit behind
the words of Jesus and that spirit gives life. The Holy Spirit is the spirit
behind God’s Word. He is the executor or the implementing agent of the Word of
God. The Holy Spirit thus gives life (effect) to God’s Word. He is the active
force and power behind God’s Word. To be full of the Holy Spirit demands that
you are filled with God’s Word completely. Therefore, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in
all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” – Colossians
3:16(NKJV).
Richard
Obeng Mensah, author of right your writing.
Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com.
Blog: www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com
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