This Sunday is the fiftieth day after Easter, the day of Pentecost has
been marked as the birth of the Christian Church because of the out pouring of Holy
Spirit. Before Jesus ascending into the
clouds, he told his disciples to remain in Jerusalem and wait for the Baptism
of the Holy Spirit. While they waited,
the Jewish harvest festival that is the fiftieth day after Passover was being
celebrated. As we see there were two celebrations taking
place. The newest celebration gave new
hope, assurance, testimony and life to those Jesus Christ left behind. Pentecost allowed each person to understand
each other in their native tongue and language which caused a shift in the
atmosphere.
There was an awakening of their dry, weak and brittle spirit. Now they testified and preached with the
assurance and boldness of the Holy Spirit to those gathered in Jerusalem for
the festival. Too often we dismiss the
action of the Holy Spirit and leave it for the Pentecostal and Holiness
denominations. When we realize the Holy
Spirit is preparing us to meet God, we will testify about the spirit God has
placed in us because God is breathing God’s breath in us. When God breathes in us, we become more
fruitful because we’ve stayed connected to the tree of life. When God breathes in us we are giving another
chance at life.
The key is we allow the Holy Spirit to transform us so we will
grow and mature spiritually without having to tell people to look at our good
deeds. Allow the spirit of God to take
charge of you and you will bare good fruit.
Therefore, when the Holy Spirit rest on us like the dew rest of the
morning grass we are assured that God keeps breathing in us. Breath on us precious Lord, fill us with your
Holy Spirit so we can be salt and light to the world.
