We’re spiritually going great. The love, joy, and peace, “the fruit of the Spirit,” is flowing down and through us on out to others. After a great day we get some sleep, wake up the next morning, and then–the blahs hit us. Other thoughts begin to enter into our mind about worldly pursuits, obligations, responsibilities, money matters, and before we know it, we are sitting there wondering, “What happened to me?”
We think, “I thought His presence would last forever. I don’t feel too loving and kind right now, and I don’t like it.” At this point, we need to realize that the Love-from-above stops flowing down and through us because we simply run out of the Holy Spirit.
To illustrate this point we look to the Old Testament Tabernacle, which is a type of our spiritual experience today. Inside the Tabernacle there was among other furniture a golden lampstand (candlestick). The Levitcal priests were responsible for refilling the olive oil so that the light would not go out. They literally went to a barrel of olive oil daily and brought enough to fill up the lamps on the lampstand.
What’s that got to do with us? Those priests are a type and shadow of us, the sons and daughters of God in this era who have the Spirit of Christ. We are “a royal priesthood” according to the apostle Peter. The olive oil is universally accepted to be a type of God’s Spirit. The light from the lampstand’s burning oil is a type of the love, joy, and peace that our bodies exude when the Spirit is flowing in us.
The point: The Love-from-above can stop flowing through us if we do not go and get more oil (Holy Spirit) to supply our vessels. We must pray and ask God for more of His Spirit to come down and into us so that we can continue to channel His love to others. He wants us to have His Spirit, but we His children must request it. He has promised to give us His Spirit when we want it to give to others.
The Love-from-above can stop flowing at times, but we only need to ask Him for more of His Spirit to get it started again. If a hungry little child asks us for some jelly and bread, are we not going to to give it to him? How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? Luke 11:13 Kenneth Wayne Hancock
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