No Fear!

"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" (Galatians 5:25)

What will we find the Holy Spirit to be like? He will be exactly like Jesus. You have read your New Testament, and you know what Jesus is like, and the Holy Spirit is exactly like Jesus, for Jesus was God and the Spirit is God, and the Father is exactly like the Son; and you can know what Jesus is like by knowing what the Father is like, and you can know what the Spirit is like by knowing what Jesus is like.

If Jesus were to come walking down this aisle there would be no stampede for the door. Nobody would scream and be frightened. We might begin to weep for sheer joy and delight that He had so honored us, but nobody would be afraid of Jesus; no mother with a little crying babe would ever have to be afraid of Jesus; no poor harlot being dragged by the hair of her head had to be afraid of Jesus - nobody!

Nobody ever need to be afraid of Jesus, because He is the epitome of love, kindliness, geniality, warm attractiveness and sweetness. And that is exactly what the Holy Spirit is, for He is the Spirit of the Father and the Son.

In the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we have God's fullness. He has given us the very same Spirit that dwelt in Him.

~A. W. Tozer~
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The Promise of the Father

"Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high" (Luke 24:49)

"The Promise of my Father." This takes us back to Joel 2:28-29.

"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men see visions: and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit."

In fulfillment of all this there were three periods discernible in the New Testament: 1. The period of the promise; 2. the period of the preparation; and 3. the period of the realization - all this having to do with the promise of the Father and the intention of the Son toward His people. Now I am going to ask that you reverently ponder this and set aside time and search the Scriptures, pray and yield, obey and believe, and see whether this possession of the Church may not be ours in actual fulfillment and realization.

The Holy Spirit brings to us the presence of Jesus and enables us to realize our oneness with Him.

~A. W. Tozer~