The Way - Wind and Water // Chris Holm

SERMON SUMMARYWe find ourselves in a tension. We read Scripture and encounter people who had wild, transformative experiences with God, yet many of us settle for something less. We develop explanations for the gap between what we read and what we experience, normalizing something that was never meant to be normal.At the Feast of Tabernacles, as thousands gathered to watch the priest pour water on the altar and sing about the coming Spirit, Jesus stood and declared: "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink" (John 7:37-39). He was claiming to be the source of the living water the prophets promised, the one through whom God's Spirit would flow like rivers.The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force we tap into or a mystical energy reserved for spiritual elites. The Spirit is a person we can grieve, walk with, and keep in step with. We see throughout Acts a distinction between having the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit. There are defining moments of filling, and there's the continuous, daily invitation to be filled again and again.We've polarized into Bible churches and Spirit churches, but these were never meant to be separated. The kingdom operates as both/and: Bible and Spirit, truth and experience, teaching and power. We want to understand what God has said and experience what God is doing.The invitation remains simple: believe, come, and drink. Thirst is honest awareness of need. Jesus promises that rivers of living water will continuously flow from within those who come to him. Our Father in heaven gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask (Luke 11:13).URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship