The Spirit
of God—the Holy Spirit—inspired Elihu to speak to Job. He acknowledges that God
made him and gives him life. Back at the beginning of the earth God said…Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our
image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea
and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Genesis 1:26. God—including
the Holy Spirit—was powerful—The Creator. He was also saw His human creation—man—as
a unique creature that could rule—have dominion, that is dominance, or even
protect other creatures. Man is a spiritual being—created in God’s image—which is
spiritual. No wonder we can be filled with the Holy Spirit. We are vessels to
in which the Holy Spirit can dwell. Don't
you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you
and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you
with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians
6:19-20 NLT. How do you honor God with your body? To begin with we need to take
good care of our bodies…physically and spiritually. This is really convicting
of me…I need to lose about 30 pounds! Those pounds have just crept up on my
hips and legs so gradually…and now the Holy Spirit is “inspiring” me to exercise
more to get my “temple” back in shape. Spiritually—I need to focus more on God’s
word…how about you?
Prayer ~ Holy Spirit, please cleanse and purify my
body and mind that I would be an acceptable vessel to You. Inspire me to live a
holy life.
©
2015 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise
noted.
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