Love-Hate Relationship
February 26, 2015
Don Schmidt
Today's reading is another passage of Scripture that causes
us to pause and say, “Wow!”
As Jesus was preparing the disciples for His final days and
His ultimate departure, He told them He would send to them "the Helper,"
whom we know to be the Holy Spirit. From this passage, we know the Holy
Spirit's assignment is to "bear witness about" Jesus. We could pause
to consider what exactly that means, but here is the challenging part: As
believers we have been given the very same assignment, to give a personal
witness about our firsthand relationship with Jesus.
We would do well to pause and consider the weight of those
words. You and I, and every local congregation of believers, has been given the
same assignment that was given to the Holy Spirit: To bear witness to Jesus as
the Messiah and invite others to have the same relationship that we have with
Him. That is so exciting!
God has given us a distinct mission to be His witnesses
through the power of the Holy Spirit. This assignment is the basis for our
shared vision that unites our church and aligns our strategies to accomplish
the purposes of God.
ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE:
Acts 1:8
TWEET THIS: God
has given us a distinct mission to make disciples through the power of the Holy
Spirit. #UpperRoom
