My friend the Holy Spirit

This morning as I was driving my spirit began to commune with the Holy Spirit. I began thanking him for revealing himself to me. Opening my eyes, causing me to hunger and thirst after righteousness. I began remembering all he has done to draw me unto himself. How he speaks to me daily with his unction’s, how he has ordered my steps and taken me from where I was to where I am today. I began praising and thanking him for all of this and for all of my tomorrows that he has planned from before the foundation of the world. It was a very intimate and beautiful time that has lasted with me all day.

All the old didn't pass away automatically

In 2 Corinthians 5:17 it says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new

creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

After my conversion I stopped smoking, drinking and doing drugs, yes those things passed away. But I still struggled with things like anger, rage, fears, insecurities, and a bad attitude. I was born again and I could sense the change in my spirit but I was not demonstrating the character of God in my life yet. As I was struggling, many well-meaning Christians, in an attempt to minister to me, would say, “Donna, old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” As if my soul issues should have naturally passed away already or as if just quoting that scripture would some how make me feel better and I would suddenly be different.

This only caused me to cry out, “Lord, why then, am I still struggling with the old?” Struggling with my sin nature was my biggest problem as a Christian; it hindered my life, my prayers from being answered and my emotional well being. I know that I was not alone in this struggle.  

You see, when we accepted Jesus as Lord and we were “born again,” our spirit was regenerated and infused with life / Zoë . All of the spiritual forces and characteristics that make up the DNA of Father God was with in us once again. Bringing us back to the same condition Adam had before the fall.

I could feel the new life within my spirit but it certainly wasn’t flowing out of me. The reason is that when we accepted Christ our spirit was saved instantly. However, our soul has not been renewed. Our soul is still conditioned to and contaminated or infected with a sin nature. This is the curse of the fall, called the law of sin and death. This is the reason we struggle, it is the root to all the problems in our life.

The salvation and regeneration of our Spirit was immediate upon receiving Jesus. However the salvation of the soul is progressive. It is the process of restoring our mind, what and how we think, our will and our emotional well being to a place of wholeness.

This is ‘the answer’, the maturing process of manifesting the nature of the Father’s Zoë life through our soul. This is what our Christian maturity is all about. Feeling my soul come back to a place of wholeness has caused me to enter into His rest. My hearts desire is to bring others with me to this place!