An Attending Presence
Theme of the Week: What the Holy Spirit Does
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: If we are living now by the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit's leading in every part of our lives (Galatians 5:25). Bonus Reading: Romans 10:13-15
A boyhood chum had terminal cancer but no faith to sustain him. I found myself praying with him as he trusted Christ, and I was holding his hand as he entered eternity. I summoned the nurse. As I was leaving his room, she arrived with an attending physician. "Were you this man's pastor?" he asked.
"Yes," I replied.
"Can you tell me, sir, whether he knew Christ as his Savior?"
"I can," I said. "I led him to faith some months ago."
"Oh, thank you," he said, "I feel so bad. I've been his physician for several months but never asked him if he knew Christ as his Lord."
We parted, but abruptly sensing the leadership of the Spirit, I returned to the room, where the doctor was issuing the death certificate. "Excuse me, sir," I said, "but I've visited people in this hospital for years and met a lot of physicians. But none ever told me he felt guilty for not having led a patient to Christ." I handed him my card. "If ever you had the time, I'd count it a privilege to take you to lunch."
The lunch we agreed to share became the first of many, cementing a life-long friendship. This man awakened my own hunger for the ministry of the Holy Spirit to become central in my life.
—Calvin Miller in Loving God Up Close
My Response: One way I'm hungry to sense the Spirit's influence in my life is …
Thought to Apply: A simple definition of the Holy Spirit is "God in action today." —ALAN WALKER (Australian evangelist)
Adapted from Loving God Up Close (Warner Faith, 2003) by permission.
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Father, I ask for Your Spirit to motivate and enable change in my life that makes me more like Jesus.
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