The Holy Spirit Guides Believers
Okay, guys, let’s be honest: how many of you secretly love your GPS?
I’ll admit, I really like mine. In my super cool minivan, the GPS is on the dashboard, making it easy to see every exit, twist, and turn I need to make as I travel. It even tells me how long it will take to get there. Of course, I always try to beat the time on the GPS by a few minutes. There’s just something exhilarating knowing that I reached my destination two minutes faster than the GPS predicted!
Another great thing about the GPS is that it keeps you from the humiliating experience of stopping to ask for directions. What guy wants to do that?
Overall, the GPS makes life easier. It tells us exactly how to get where we are going. It guides and directs us the way the Holy Spirit wants to guide and direct us in our spiritual lives.
How can a Christian know which direction God wants them to go and what He wants them to do? The answer is living a life that is led by the Holy Spirit.
Acts 20:22-24 records Paul’s statements to the Ephesian elders explaining how he knew that it was God’s will for Him to go to Jerusalem. “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” (NIV)
Just as Paul knew God’s will because of the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Christians today can learn God’s will through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:14 says, “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.” (NIV)
The same Holy Spirit that told Paul to go to Jerusalem wants to direct your steps every day of your life. He wants to be YOUR Guide, the GPS for YOUR life. He wants to develop a relationship with you that allows Him to speak to your heart and give you direction.
As we listen to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we get where God wants us to go in every area of our lives.
Memory Verse: For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. (Romans 8:14, NIV)
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