Hello friends, welcome to In Bolden. I'm Chris Shatter, an ordinary Christian living with and learning about an extraordinary God. Welcome to the In Bolden Podcast, 30 Days of Giving Glory to God, and today is day 6 inspired by Philippians 4-20, to our God and Father be glory forever and ever, amen. And join me in this prayer.
Jesus, thank you for sending the Holy Spirit to live in me. I can turn to you at any time, day or night, in times of joy and of sorrow, and you are with me, guiding me, convicting me, and loving me, forever and ever, amen. You know, when I married my husband 34 years ago, we promised to be there for each other till the day we die. I plan on keeping that promise, and I'm pretty certain he will too.
However, I also recognize that we are both human. We will disappoint each other. At times, we've felt betrayed by the other. We've been angry and hurt, and we've also loved each other very deeply.
And although that I hope that our promise we made all those years ago stays true, you just never know what strange turns our sinful human nature may take. In all our relationships, there's only one that we can know without a doubt that we could place a million-dollar bet on and know what's a sure thing. And that's the one we have as believers with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. John 14, 16 to 17 says, and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever, the Spirit of Truth.
The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him or knows him, but you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. You know, before the glory of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit only came and visited man. He would come and direct various people in the Old Testament to do God's work. But Jesus made it clear that he would no longer make us orphans.
When he left, he would step aside for the Holy Spirit to come and live in us believers forever. How beautiful, loving, and glorious is that. God, this magnificent, mysterious, expansive, all-powerful being wants to be a part of me and you always. While we're taking a shower, making dinner at work, running errands, he is with us.
Charles Spurgeon once said, you have often left God, but has he ever left you? I've had friends that no longer talk to me. I've turned my back on some myself. I've even gotten pretty mad at God.
With one of my funnier moments telling him, I'm not going to believe in you anymore. I'll ponder the irony of that statement for a minute. But God, he has stayed true to me. Friends, look at the very best relationship you have.
The one that brings you laughter, joy, loyalty, and more. And magnify that by a billion. That's God living with us and in us through the Holy Spirit. I don't know about you, but I think that's certainly something for which we should glorify and give thanks.
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