'Filled, so that i can See'

31.1.08

 

S – Acts 7:55

 

‘But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit looked up to Heaven and saw the Glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God’

 

O – The preceding verses always impress me with the amazing account and application Stephen gives to the Sanhedrin. Each historical account he gives is full of relevance in his recounting of God’s dealing with them and their forefathers. His recounting no doubt was by the operation of the Holy Spirit. Yet the powerful evidence of the Holy Spirits’ presence and filling was the powerful vision he saw and what commanded his focus and understanding. He looks and sees into Heaven by revelation, sees also the Glory of God and sees Jesus standing at the right hand of the father. This sight and focus seems to be what Holy Spirit wanted him to see and be drawn to and not what was happening or about to happen around him in the physical circumstances.

 

A – This is the focus and revelation Holy Spirit wants me to have in my life. It is the purpose of why I am filled with the Spirit. To have my eyes opened and enlightened to see the awesome Glory of God, to focus on the Heavenly dimension and to see Jesus in His present status and authority standing at the right hand of God. This is the vision that Jesus always meant for me and all his disciples to have. I know there can be many secondary activities and focuses that I can look for in what Holy Spirit may be doing. All of them are important and powerful, but I often then focus on the happenings or non happenings, the activities or even the manifestations. What Stephen saw and focused on is what Holy Spirit will always draw me to; Heaven, God’s Power and Jesus as the exalted King.

 

P – Lord I thank you for the Power of Holy Spirit in my life. I know to the degree that I allow him to fill me will determine what I see and focus on. Help me see what Stephen saw, help me to have the right and present picture of who Jesus is today in y heart.