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| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 522 Registered: 8-2004  |
What man is he that feareth the Lord?" Psalm 25:12 What are you haunted by? You will say - By nothing, but we are all haunted by something, generally by ourselves, or, if we are Christians, by our experience. The Psalmist says we are to be haunted by God. The abiding consciousness of the life is to be God, not thinking about Him. The whole of our life inside and out is to be absolutely haunted by the presence of God. A child's consciousness is so mother-haunted that although the child is not consciously thinking of its mother, yet when calamity arises, the relationship that abides is that of the mother. So we are to live and move and have our being in God, to look at everything in relation to God, because the abiding consciousness of God pushes itself to the front all the time. If we are haunted by God, nothing else can get in, no cares, no tribulation, no anxieties. We see now why Our Lord so emphasized the sin of worry. How can we dare be so utterly unbelieving when God is round about us? To be haunted by God is to have an effective barricade against all the onslaughts of the enemy. "His soul shall dwell at ease." In tribulation, misunderstanding, slander, in the midst of all these things, if our life is hid with Christ in God, He will keep us at ease. We rob ourselves of the marvellous revelation of this abiding companionship of God. "God is our Refuge" - nothing can come through that shelter. My Utmost for His Highest Oswald Chambers | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 4086 Registered: 12-2003  |
I am continually amazed at how Chambers is able to put into words spiritual insights that are almost impossible to explain. This is a wonderful devotional, Mary. Colleen | ||
| Lynne Registered user Username: Lynne Post Number: 422 Registered: 10-2005 |
And that haunting, that ghostly appearance is that of the Holy Spirit. Everyone in the world has peace at certain times and in some ways (ie. quiet time away from kids, arriving home after a hectic day at the office, coming home from overseas after being in combat, going on vacation). But the peace that surpasses all understanding. It is a ghost... A Holy Ghost... Giving my life to Christ means I am haunted by the Holy Ghost. 2 Corinthians 9:15 (NKJV) 15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! | ||
| Agapetos Registered user Username: Agapetos Post Number: 59 Registered: 10-2002  |
This reminds me of some ideas we had in our old "dramedy" group at LSU ("Feat of Clay"). A few ideas for skits I tossed around were: - being "haunted" by the Holy Spirit - exorcising the spirit of Christmas - exorcising the Holy Spirit Of course, the last one is sadly not un-common. |
