Looking for the Holy Spirit

I’ve been searching for Holy Spirit in the prophets and the all through the Old Testament. Usually the Lord speaks through a prophet—gives a vision through the Holy Spirit. At the beginning of Nahum the Lord is proclaimed by His characteristics—jealous, avenging, wrathful, slow to anger, powerful, judgmental, just, good and to be trusted by those who are close to Him. There is no vision for Nahum, but there is a sure judgment for Nineveh’s population a generation after Jonah’s visit who had turned away from the Lord. They just didn’t know God like their forefathers did. So, how well do you the Lord? 

The LORD is good, a stronghold in a day of distress; He cares for those who take refuge in Him.  But He will completely destroy Nineveh with an overwhelming flood, and He will chase His enemies into darkness.  Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring it to complete destruction; oppression will not rise up a second time.  Nahum 1:7-9 HCSB 

Can you imagine someone “plotting against the Lord?” Know God. He cares about each of us who seek to know and trust Him. Let Nineveh be an example for us. With their wicked ways they turned backs on God and their judgment was inevitable. Fire will consume them…the sword will cut them down (Nahum 4:15).  

Can you “know” God? Of course you can. Know God—discover His qualities—embrace His love. Seek Him first in your life—in all you think, say and do.  

But in the past, when you didn't know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods. But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and bankrupt elemental forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? Galatians 4:8-9 HCSB 

But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:8 NLT 

Prayer ~ Dear God…to know You is to love You. Guide my heart, thoughts, mind, attitudes and actions that unlike Nineveh I would be pleasing to You.

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All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.

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