Feb 15, 2019

PACKING HEAT, OPEN CARRY

According to a Reuters news article, out of Guwahati, India last year, when repair technicians arrived to investigate why an ATM was not working, they smelled a rat...an actual rat.  What they found inside the ATM was a pile of shredded Indian rupee notes (cash money) with a value of just under $18K plus one dead rodent.  The rat had spent the previous few days gorging itself on the now worthless cash!

As Christians, we walk around with something inside us which $18K or $1B could never buy.  

We have something worth more than all the gold in the world living inside us!  We are packing heat in the name of Jesus!  

THE Creator of everything has chosen to place His Holy Spirit inside those who have genuinely surrendered their lives to Him.  Paul says that, as children of God who have been bought at a price, our body has become a temple of God's Holy Spirit!  Wow!  That is pretty incredible!  

But, here's the deal.  We are not meant to "conceal and carry" that supernatural power within us.  Oh no, it is intended to be an "open carry" kind of situation.

Our lives ought to be lived in a worship lifestyle which is evident to those around us.  Our lives should be a very clear display of a heart overflowing with gratitude.  This is not about a temporary feeling of gratitude.  Oh hallelujah!  This is a constant and permanent life-attitude produced by the indwelling Holy Spirit of God as He reminds us of our Hope in Jesus!

Prayer
Father, what an incredible concept that You, the Creator of all, would place the supernatural power of Your own Holy Spirit inside me!  AND, I couldn't buy that privilege with all the money in the world!  Help me Father to stay mindful of the simple fact that I am packing heat everyday, all day and to live like I know it!  Amen.

Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body.  -- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (CSB)

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