Holy Highs

A few years  back, I was sitting in my living room, working on my Bible study lesson. All of a sudden, a thought came into my mind: call your sister-in-law. Well that was strange. Why do I need to call my sister-in-law? I put the thought out of my mind and continued working on my study. The thought came to me again: call your sister-in-law. I thought about it for a few seconds. Then I started making excuses as to why I shouldn’t call my sister-in-law. It was early in the morning, she was probably busy getting the kids ready for school. I would be a distraction. What would I say to her? I’m calling because a voice in my head said to call you? Yeah, that doesn’t sound crazy. The voice in my head persisted: call your sister-in-law. Okay, fine, I’ll call my sister-in-law.

When I called my sister-in-law, her voice sounded stressed. She said, immediately, that she was so glad I called. My phone call had just diffused some chaotic situation that was going on right then, and she needed a distraction. She kept thanking me. I was amazed. The voice in my head was looking out for my sister-in-law. I felt whole. God just used me to help out someone else. Wow! That felt really, really good. I had a “holy high” the rest of the day. A simple act of calling my sister-in-law, left her diffused and me content.

When we become Christians, God doesn’t just leave us to try and muddle through this world without any help. He, in fact, equips us with everything we need to protect us and guide us. But there in one “piece of equipment” many Christians don’t take advantage of. The Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit is actually a person that comes to live inside the believer. The Holy Spirit, the third person of the trinity, comes to live inside the Christian. Think about what that means. Think of the power through the Holy Spirit living inside every Christian.

You know the phrase, “It came straight from the horse’s mouth?” It refers to the idea that when you get a piece of information, it’s accurate, because “it came straight from the horse’s mouth.” You can believe it. Well when the Holy Spirit speaks to you, “it’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth,” God is speaking directly to you. The Holy Spirit IS God. A Christian is completely connected with the only all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful Creator of the Universe through the Holy Spirit indwelling every believer. Whoa! That is amazing. Just think on that.

When the Holy Spirit spoke to me to call my sister-in-law, He was coming from the reference point that He was directly connected to God the Father who DID know all and see all. He knew my sister-in-law’s stress. She was probably praying too. Then God spoke to my head to tell me to call her.

But in being aware of the Holy Spirit, don’t waste time, like I did arguing with Him. I think that’s what a lot of us do. We argue with Him, so we don’t hear His voice. We pooh-pooh it off like I was doing, and miss those chances for “holy highs.” What kind of world would we live in, if we didn’t pooh-pooh it all off. If we didn’t argue in our head. To quote a song, “What a wonderful world that would be.” Every Christian has the potential for amazing things, if we would just allow the Holy Spirit to speak to us, and follow what He says.

As a Christian, we do hear voices in our head. But that is a good thing. That voice is most likely the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our connection to God. When God said, “Be still and know that I am God,” He was probably telling us to be quiet so we can hear the voice of God. He was helping us to harness that great power working in every believer’s life. If we are still, we can hear His voice. If we are not, we miss those amazing opportunities for God to use us.