Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Whilst on the isle of Patmos we were surrounded by a cacophony of different sounds. We were on a Greek island staying Greek in a hotel with a clientele from many different countries. We heard French, Italian, Greek and other eastern European languages. The difficulty we had was knowing what was being said and how to respond if we were directly addressed.

This is a major problem one faces when one approaches God and have no idea of the methodology that he uses to communicate with those who want to hear from him. What is his language, how does he speak and more importantly how do we listen to him?

To hear from God dictates that we have gone through the first two steps on the road towards total wholeness, that is, we have humbled ourselves and have asked Jesus to immerse us in his spirit. This process enlivens our spirit and connects us to God. Jesus tells us that God is a spirit and those who worships or connects with him, must do so in the spirit (John 4:24). That is, we cannot connect to spirit unless we enter into the spiritual realm. The question many people fail to get an answer to, is how do we enter into the spiritual realm so that we can listen to and hear from God the Holy Spirit? Again Jesus gives us the tools to do this. Whilst with his disciples, he often referred to their ‘little faith’ (see Matt 16:8), although they believed him to be the Messiah or the Christ, their faith seldom went beyond this. Jesus was teaching them and us, that by listening to and following the Holy Spirit one is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we can think or even imagine. Listening to the Holy Spirit dictates that we spend time reading and meditating on the word. The Job of the Holy Spirit is to reveal more and more of the nature of Jesus to us. And as we take on more and more of Jesus’ attributes we become fully human and our spirit comes now alive and we are able to keep in step with what the Holy Spirit is doing in our locality and in the wider world. There are many voices in the spiritual atmosphere, however only that voice that points you toward Jesus is that of the Holy Spirit so listen to Him and hear what he is saying to you today.