Come Holy Spirit Come Fill Me Up
Many times in my life I've called out "Come Holy Spirit come and fill me up." It just hit me while reading Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
That was a very different filling of the Holy Spirit that came upon Mary. Mary had to empty herself of all the plans she thought she had for her future and take this life long journey with Jesus all the way to the cross.
When we want to be filled with the Holy Spirit we have to make room for him, by first emptying ourselves.
Recently, we asked a young woman at our church if she would share her testimony at an upcoming luncheon. Her response, "Thank you for asking me. I've been asking the Lord to use me. I want to be an empty vessel ready to be filled up for his purpose and glory."
Michael Youssef is a minister in Atlanta, GA. My husband and I enjoy his teachings and I came across this one.
"God blesses you to the capacity that you make yourself available for Him to bless. If you close off areas to Him, your capacity to receive His blessing is stunted. But if you open your life to Him, His blessing can flow freely into every area of your life.
If your heart is filled with a spirit of bitterness and anger, God's Holy Spirit cannot pour into it. When you are filled with the spirit of control, God's Spirit cannot fill you. When you are filled with the spirit of greed and covetousness or lust and sexual immorality, there is no room for the Spirit of God to swell in you and bless you with His fruit.
When you fill your vessel with things that are not glorifying to God, you become spiritually as dry as a bone. You must offer God an empty jar, an empty vessel, to receive His spiritual blessings. If you want to experience the work of the Holy Spirit in your life, empty yourself of those things that are not from Him.
Prayer: God, help me to empty myself of anything that is not of You. I want to be an empty vessel that You can freely pour into. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
"Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me" (Matthew 16:24).
The Song
“O Come All Ye Faithful” Passion
