Vatenoa | Ministries | Modesty | God and Faith | Christian Parenting

Why Is It So Hard to Discern the Work of the Holy Spirit in My Life?

Why Is It So Hard to Discern the Work of the Holy Spirit in My Life?
by: Fred Sanders

The Pervasive Work of the Spirit

The Spirit’s work in the life of a believer is pervasive. I call it prevenient. It goes before; it’s always there. The Spirit is always already at work in the life of any believer. What’s tricky about the doctrine of the Holy Spirit is that he is often anonymously at work.So think about conversion. When you become a Christian, it’s because you come to know something about Jesus Christ and confess that about him. And your attention and your faith are focused on Jesus Christ, the Son. If you start to think more broadly, you’ll start to think, Well, because the Son was sent by the Father, in Christ I have God the Father as my father.And then the third thought you’ll have is that you may begin to recognize the presence of the Holy Spirit. I don’t think that’s a mistake. I think that’s actually the design of biblical faith—to focus on Jesus Christ. And then as you grow in your awareness, you don’t meet the Holy Spirit for the first time as if he was not at work. You come to an awareness of him eventually in which you realize he was always already there. So I think this is what explains the kind of slippery or tricky nature of awareness of the Holy Spirit.And it explains why Christians often feel like they’re always playing catch up on understanding what’s going on with the Holy Spirit in their life. It’s because of that two-step nature of faith. You come to awareness and confession and belief in Christ and then gradually become aware that if you are successfully believing in Jesus, it’s because the Spirit is at work within you and has been all along.Fred Sanders is the author of The Holy Spirit: An Introduction.Need a prayer? Prayer RequestsPlease subscribe to our main Ministries daily scripture study – Koa Sinag MinistriesHave a Testimony of how God has changed or intervened in your life? Tell us your story! Give God Praise!Need some inspiration? Check out others Testimonies!Have you checked out our online store? We have a tonne of fascinating and colourful PDF books, toys, kids’ apparel, and much more, including complimentary PDFs for home schoolers!
Fred Sanders (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology at the Torrey Honors College at Biola University. Sanders is the author of The Deep Things of God and blogs at fredfredfred.com.
Read More – Go to Source Author: Fred SandersThe post Why Is It So Hard to Discern the Work of the Holy Spirit in My Life? first appeared on Koa Sinag.

Related posts:

  1. How We Can Cherish the Work of the Holy Spirit How We Can Cherish the Work of the Holy Spirit…
  2. The Divine Spirit Within Us: Biblical Roles and Reasons to Value the Holy Spirit The Divine Spirit Within Us: Biblical Roles and Reasons to…
  3. 10 Key Bible Verses on the Holy Spirit 10 Key Bible Verses on the Holy Spirit July 07,…
Posted inFaith and God