Acts 7:51-53 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."
Stephen was speaking to some very religious people who had lived their lives trying to do the right thing. In doing so, they had missed God's salvation when He walked right past them. In fact, they had outright opposed Him. This reflected something deeper: their resistance to the Holy Spirit who works within - convincing, convicting, and offering comfort. We would rather do it ourselves. But Jesus was very clear - without allowing the Holy Spirit to blow life into our lives, it isn't going to happen. It can be scary, of course, to allow the Wind to control, and we do not want just any "spirit" into our lives. But when we receive Christ, and His Holy Spirit comes in, we need to allow Him full rule and reign to not only redecorate and rearrange our lives, but redirect them. Don't resist. Just like the Father and Son, He has all the wisdom, love and power to direct us in the right way to go. May we say: "Holy Spirit, I'm done fighting You; You are welcome here."
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