Holy Spirit to the rescue!

One story of the Bible I have been relating to the last couple days is David’s time from when he was anointed by God, to when he was finally crowned king.  Yesterday was an especially hard day for me. I was in severe pain, and greatly lacking energy.  I was especially frustrated by the fact that it was the second day of the NCAA tournament, and I could not even open my eyes to watch the games!  You’ll have to understand that this is one of my favorite times of year simply because March Madness.  I understand that this is a little petty to most people, but life has sort of been passing me by lately. (I have rarely seen anyone besides my lovely husband, and my friends at Bible study these past three months, leaving the apartment once a week is quite the accomplishment you see. Call me stir crazy!)

I must admit, the main thing getting me through this period is definitely the Holy Spirit!  For many years I didn’t understand the Holy Spirit. I grew up hearing very dramatic stories of people who would be ‘slain in the Spirit’ and start speaking in tongues, as well as thrashing around and so on, which frankly scared me, being raised in a Southern Baptist church where the gift of speaking in tongues was sort of an avoided topic. Because of this, I could not really understand really how I could experience the Holy Spirit without having such events happen to me.  Maybe, the church as a whole has a misunderstanding on the subject?

I will tell you though that over the last few years, I have done a lot more study as well as increased the quantity and quality of my prayer life throughout the day, which combined have shed a lot of light on the subject.  As I have learned, the Holy Spirit is or constant and present contact with the Trinity.  We know that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one and the same, but think of the three different roles represented, and you will understand the Holy Spirit is how we hear from God, and a way of receiving His comfort.
I know for a fact that God has a very powerful mission for my life.  The hardest part of this trial has ultimately been the fact that I am not out in the public actively seeking to complete the Great Commission.  Now obviously this is a commandment God has given to each of us, and God may have more in store for me than just that, but that is something I am positive of and want to be out actively working towards.  When I first came to the realization that I was not able to do that right now and that it could be a while before I am able, I was bummed, and then decided I was going to study, pray, and worship as often and as much as I can during this time. I will admit that there are times when I am not feeling up to it and choose to watch TV, or allow my thoughts to drift to worldly things, but I have been able to greatly multiply my time and closeness with the Lord.  My hope is that I will continue drawing closed to him and that I will be able to maintain that and even be able to hear the Holy Spirit lead me without distraction once I come through this trial.
Where I am relating to David’s story is when I think of the fact that he had already been anointed by God to be king and therefore knew how he could have a major impact on the world,27 years before it was to happen. David was just a young scrawny, kind of forgotten boy when he learned of the great plan God had in store for him. He had countless trials he had to endure before he was made king. Think of the fact that he was living in caves on the run from his father-in-law who wanted to murder him for ten years! Talk about a reason to stress out, and possibly even lose faith!
Now obviously, my trial has not been near as long, and certainly not as tough, but I do feel like I can empathize a bit.  I hope I will not have to endure such a struggle, but I know that as long as I keep in mind that the Holy Spirit is always with me, I can handle anything.  I can even keep a smile on my face and a happy heart through it all!!  I can honestly say that even though, I may not be living what most people would consider a full life right now, I have never been happier, or felt such wonderful peace!
I pray that each and every one of you who read this will realize the power of the Holy Spirit.  Without Him in my life I don’t know, and certainly don’t care to know where I would be right now.  Even though I am struggling through what would completely devastate and depress the average person, I am able to keep my chin up through it all, knowing that no matter what, my God is with me, and he will not forsake me!!