Moved by the --- [Transmission Interrupted]

I want to share a quick thought that has crossed my path a couple times recently.

I'm in the middle of reading (among others...) "Enjoying Intimacy with God" by J. Oswald Sanders. There are many reminders of God's powerful grace in His intimate relationship with us, which have been encouraging.

The most recent chapter I read was on the Holy Spirit. The chapter was somewhat short, which is fitting to the overall point of this post as well as the question I recently heard.

Someone asked a pastor at a conference I just returned from: (paraphrased) "Why haven't we heard or talked more about the Holy Spirit?" The answer, to paraphrase once again, was very simple: "We preach the power of the Holy Spirit when we examine and extol the greatness of Christ."

The simple fact that we are proclaiming Christ is the evidence and work of the Holy Spirit. We can't know or learn or examine or proclaim Christ without the Holy Spirit's working in us.

Oswald describes the ministry of the Holy Spirit as such:

The ministry of the Spirit is essentially Christocentric. His primary concern is to glorify Christ and to secure the acknowledgment and practical manifestation of His lordship in our lives. Although He cannot add anything to the glories of the exalted Christ, He can make Him real and glority Him in the experience of His followers. It is one of His functions to reveal and explain Him.

In John 15:26 Jesus says, "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,"

In a world where there are a solid number of people, even churches, that want to focus on your being moved by the Spirit, we should remember that our focus is for God's will and His glory through Christ. The Spirit is He who indwells us to that purpose, and one day, that end.

Secondly, it's a perfect humility and work that the Holy Spirit does. One that we could certainly learn from. A humble focus and purpose that is set on the glorification of Christ.

It bids the question, to me at least: what am I spending my time on? And what transmissions, that are not communicating Christ, do I need to interrupt?... or stop?