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Pray for the Holy Spirit, May 9
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
him?
Luke 11:13
.
Those who place their names on the church book should do so with a full and
intelligent understanding of what this action involves. It means that you have
solemnly pledged yourself to serve God. It means that you have made a full
surrender of self to Him, in order that Christ may reign where self once reigned. It
means that you have given up your pet ideas and policies, and have yielded your
mind to the mind of Christ. It means that your fixed purpose is to be one with
God, one with His people; that you will exercise self-denial and self-sacrifice to
advance the interests of His kingdom; that you will strive to overcome everything
that hinders growth in grace.
The Lord leaves in darkness no man who has an ear to hear and a heart to
understand. Let everyone keep the eye single to God’s glory. Be not led astray
by the snares of the wicked one. “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest
he fall” (
1 Corinthians 10:12
). Let the warnings that God has given in His Word
be voiced by the watchmen on the walls of Zion and heeded by every soul in the
Master’s service.
Every case will be tried; every soul will be proved. Let each one ask, “Am
I an evil servant? Do I by precept and practice lead other souls in false paths?
Remember that your influence is affecting others for good or for evil.
I beseech the members of every church to seek now for the greatest blessing
Heaven can bestow—the Holy Spirit. If in faith you seek for a greater measure
of God’s Spirit, you will be constantly taking it in and breathing it out. Daily
you will receive a fresh supply. Your everyday experience will be enriched by
the rich current of God’s love. Before you lie vast fields of truth, vast sources of
power. Let the daily prayer be, “Take from us what Thou dost choose to take, but
withhold not Thy Holy Spirit from us.” We must have the gift of the Holy Spirit.
The truth of God is for us. The religion of Jesus Christ never degrades the
receiver, but makes him pure, that he may see God. It gives him an intensity of
desire to be like Jesus Christ, the One altogether lovely, the Chiefest among ten
thousand.... Why should we not love Him and give Him our undivided service?
As were God’s people anciently, so should we be prepared to advance when
the cloud rises and moves forward, and to halt when the cloud hovers over a certain
place. None can stand still, making no advancement.—
Manuscript 56, May 9,
1902
, “Written for Our Admonition.”
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