Fresh Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

A truth to get your ticker tickin this morning “When God breathes the breath of His spirit, everyone knows He had come”.  Luke put it this way “And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting” (Acts 2:2).

Did you ever stop to think about what must have gone through their heads when “There appeared to them tongues as a fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the spirit was giving them utterance."?  (Acts 2:3-4).

This they knew!  He had arrived!  When God breaths the breath of His Spirit everyone knows He has arrived.   Wow, is that not awesome.? According to Luke,  the coming of the Holy Spirit was as a “sound from heaven”

   

Did you ever wonder what the sounds will be like when Jesus comes on His stallion to take back what is His?”  The Village once had forty horses including twelve Belgians.  One day we were blessed to have a dust devil set down in the far corner of the pasture. That immediately got the attention of each and every horse. I will never forget the sound of those forty horse running from one side of the pasture to the other and feel the very ground shake as they ran.  

Something else happens when Holy Spirit comes, He shakes up everything in sight.  At Pentecost, the religious rulers in Jerusalem were upset and deeply concerned at what they saw taking place among Jesus followers and tried shutting down the effects of that mighty blast from heaven. 

But the Holy Spirit moved on Peter, anointing him to say, “You can threaten us and jail us, but you cannot stop the mighty wind that is blowing through the land.  You can command us to shut up, but we cannot stop speaking.  God has breathed upon us, anointing us, and we have to speak the words He has given us”.

Soooo, young folks,  keep in mind that Malachi informed us there would be “former rain” and “latter rain”, outpourings of the Spirit described by Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the minor prophets.  He also offers proof that the greatest work of the Holy Ghost – the Latter rains, is happening right now, in our generation.    How we need to pray that God will give us the boldness to be as Peter and speak the words that He has given us.

Blessings,

Gramps