Refreshed By The Holy Spirit

It has been rather dry here in Northern Maine over the past several months with our lack of rain.  Thankfully it has rained some over the past few day and it was a very welcomed rain.  Rain is necessary for plants and crops to grow.  We need rain to fill our wells so we have water to drink.  Rain helps keep the threat of a wildfire very low.

The rain also seems so very refreshing in other ways as well.  Call me weird, but I like getting caught in a nice gentle rain.  It energizes me a little bit during those warm days that we have in the summer.   When its cold outside I don't like it as much.

I have seen how dry things have been where I live.  I have been taking pictures around town of  the fall leaves and I noticed how awfully low the river that flows through town is.  I don't think I have ever seen it so very low.  It is a very sad sight to behold and very concerning.  There are many other bodies of water all around the surrounding areas that have the same problem of being low because of the lack of rain.

It is easy to tell when there is a lack of rain for we can see signs of it all around us by looking at the water ways and how low they look to us.  I was thinking about how dry things have been looking all around me and then I starting thinking in a Spiritual sense.  Do we often notice when things are getting Spiritual dry in our own lives and in the lives of those around us?

When believers in Jesus Christ become known to those around them as, "the chosen frozen", because of their lack of getting involved in the things that Jesus would have them to do, isn't that a cause for concern?  I think it is, but I also know that I can't point fingers at other believers and condemn them for being Spiritually dry because I notice a dryness in myself as well.

We believers recognize that there is indeed a problem.  We know that there seems to be something missing and that there is something more to the Christian life and following Jesus than just sitting in a pew on Sunday morning.  We believers in Christ have be bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ and we have been sealed with the Holy Spirit.  We believers in Jesus Christ have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us to be our helper in accomplishing God's will for our lives.

Just as the land needs fresh rain to revitalize it we believers in Jesus Christ need a "fresh rain" of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  We have quenched the Holy Spirit's fire for far too long and know we as seeing the results.  We have been trying to get people to come to our churches by introducing new programs and music styles, but they aren't coming.  We have tried inviting people to come, but they still don't come.  There are many believers in Christ that are frustrated and burned out from trying to do things in their own power and in their own strength,

We need the Lord to grant us a fresh faith in Him and in His ability.  We need a fresh pouring out of His Spirit into our lives.  We need the Holy Spirit to take complete control of our lives and our Churches.  What we need most is to surrender ourselves completely to the Lord Jesus Christ and His will.  We must humble ourselves and come boldly to His throne of grace.

We need the Lord to set our souls on fire.  Let's humble ourselves before the Lord and raise our hands and voices in worship to the Lord our God, our King.  We need to be refreshed by the Holy Spirit and continue to seek the Lord's will and direction for our lives.

Lord,
We praise Your Name.
We need Your help O Lord.
We have become dry and we have tried doing things in our own power.
Forgive us for quenching the Holy Spirit within us.
Set our souls on fire for You O Lord.
Ignite a fresh faith and a fresh power deep within everyone that has placed their faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
Help us to have courage and strength as we step out in faith wherever You would call us.
Come quickly O Lord.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.