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Finding Comfort in His Sweet Filling

Thou art comforting and saving

Cleanse and comfort bless and save me
Bathe O bathe my heart and brow
Thou art comforting and saving
Thou art sweetly filling now

Fill Me Now 1879
By: Elwood H. Stokes (1815-1897)

Listen to this modern version of this classic hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the podcast below.

Here is podcast content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone enjoy this podcast and transcript below!  It features meditative music and moments to contemplate the Scriptures and reflections shared.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this penitent text and hymn, make each stanza your own by praying through it. Let’s think about this.

Comfort

Comfort is something we all need. We do not simply enjoy it, we need it. Whether it be pain, distress, loneliness, or some other discomfort the Spirit is the true source of any comfort we recieve.

We may receive if from a parent or a child. It may come from a friend. In some situations even a stranger can bring it.

Can you identify the area where you need comfort today? It probably was already on your mind. Ask the Spirit what it is if you are not sure, then tell the Spirit what it is. Name it either quietly or out loud. It may have been pushed deep down for some time but in these moments let it find its way to the surface.

Thou art comforting and saving

These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 ESV

The Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God, and certainly including the depths of me. Knowing me that intimately allows Him to comfort me unlike any other ever could, and that follows His saving work. Invite Him to come and comfort you where you need it today.

Interestingly, the writer revisits two of the works of the Spirit from the opening line of this stanza, comforting and saving. Maybe they are the two most crucial, or the ones He needed most. Either way, they are essential. Echo that prayer from deep in your soul today.

RESONATE!
We acknowledge the comfort and saving work of the Spirit once more. This is not a one time prayer, or even an occasional one. It must become a regular one as we become familiar with the destructive habits of others and ourselves. Pray this simple prayer, “Spirit, comfort and save me.”

Filling

Thou art sweetly filling now

Of course the filling of the Holy Spirit is much sweeter than any eclair, but I want to challenge us to think about this a little differently as we close out our reflections on this hymn.

Imagine this pastry without the filling. It would still be delicious, but not as delicious. Truly the nature of it would change. Certainly our nature is different without the Spirit.

The pastry is sweeter with the filling. There is already sugar in there, but not as much. The taste would be much different. We are not as sweet without the Spirit.

It would even look very different without the filling. It is still a work of art, but not quite as much without the filling. The same is true of us. Though people can not see the filling of the Spirit they can certainly see the effects of it.

The sweet filling simply helps the eclair taste better. The sweet filling of the Holy Spirit helps us be better. Now that is some confection conviction if I ever heard any.

Thou art sweetly filling now

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever…John 14:16 ESV

The Spirit comes, fills us, then stays with us forever, always ready to help us as we may need it, and oh, how we need it. He does not only come to teach us, and empower us but to help us. Thank Jesus for the sweet work of His Spirit in you every day.

How sweet is the work of the Spirit! He fills us and does so with an astounding blend of power and gentleness. Invite Him one more time here to come and fill you. Then repeat that simple prayer every day until your work on earth is done.

RESONATE!
The filling and work fo the Spirit are so sweet, yet we often fail to welcome them. Take a few moments today to do that. Pray simply, “Spirit, sweetly fill me now.“

Spirit, thank You for Your filling work and the difference it makes in my life. Teach me to ask for it regularly, making it a habit to welcome your influence. Come, o come and fill me now. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Podcast 29.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

Cleanse and comfort bless and save me

…when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy,  Titus 3:4-5a ESV

The Holy Spirit does incredible work in us. In this opening line of the last stanza that work is listed as cleansing, comforting, blessing and saving, but so many more words could be added to describe God’s goodness and kindness. Thank Him for answering this prayer even before you could pray it.

Bathe O bathe my heart and brow

by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, Titus 3:5b-6 ESV

Part of that cleansing work is the washing of regeneration and renewal the Holy Spirit does in us. Imagine that gracious pouring out that cleanses and washes us renewing our lives to fulfill God’s purpose. Ask Him to continue that work in you again today.

Thou art comforting and saving

These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 ESV

The Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God, and certainly including the depths of me. Knowing me that intimately allows Him to comfort me unlike any other ever could, and that follows His saving work. Invite Him to come and comfort you where you need it today.

Thou art sweetly filling now

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever…John 14:16 ESV

The Spirit comes, fills us, then stays with us forever, always ready to help us as we may need it, and oh, how we need it. He does not only come to teach us, and empower us but to help us. Thank Jesus for the sweet work of His Spirit in you every day.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

Cleanse and comfort bless and save me
Bathe O bathe my heart and brow
Thou art comforting and saving
Thou art sweetly filling now

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Bathe my Heart

Welcome to Wednesday Wanderings with Dr. Sherri–a time we set aside to wander in the Presence of Jesus and ponder His truths. When you are ready, prepare your mind, body, and soul to have a transformational encounter with Jesus.

PREPARATION: In our last Wandering with Dr. Sherri, we examined  Breath of God. This week we will examine Bathe My Heart.  When you are ready, you may begin the dialogue with Jesus and state: “Jesus, I invite you to help me to leisurely wander into your Presence. Prepare my heart to receive, and illuminate my spiritual senses to encounter you.”

 PROMISE: Titus 3:5 Amplified Bible

5 He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

The Holy Spirit is able to cleanse, renew, and spiritually transform us when we invite Him to Bathe our hearts.

PSALM: Fill Me Now 1879
Words and music by: Elwood H Stokes (1815-1897)

Cleanse and comfort
Bless and save me
Bathe O bathe my heart and brow
Thou art comforting and saving
Thou art sweetly filling now
Stokes requests the Holy Spirit to cleanse and comfort, bless and save, and bathe his heart. Like Stokes, Are you in need of a heart bath?

PARABLE:  As we were born, my mother assigned each of us a Beatitude. My Beatitude is “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).  I often wonder why my mother assigned this Beatitude to me. What about my integrity, moral courage, and godly character did she foresee? I learned early that the condition of my heart is attached to my vision. My imagination was sanctified from an early age. I could see God in nature. I could hear his audible voice. I could feel His Presence like a blanket. Whether it is through a bird kiss with a cardinal flying across my path, the bright wings of a butterfly landing catching my glimpse, the smell of an ocean breeze lingering in my nostrils, or the blue background of the sky absorbing the clouds and painting a rainbow, I still see and experience God’s presence. 

However, as life happens and  I experience hurts from others, if I am not careful, my spiritual senses dim and God seems distant. That is a lie. God never changes. He is always with me. Winking His eye and sending me God kisses through the birds, the trees, the flowers, and the sky.  It is the condition of my heart that prevents me from seeing and experiencing His Presence.

Like Stokes, I have OFTEN asked for God to cleanse my heart from the residue of the mistrust, anger, unforgiveness, lust, malice, jealousy, and negativity that life’s circumstances have left behind. I have asked Abba to save me from the tainted view of Him and the untrue beliefs that my heart has harbored and as a result has interfered with me being blessed with a pure heart.

FACT: God is near. Awaiting us to SEE Him. He knows each of His children and shows Himself to them in different ways. The pure in heart SEE God.

When is the last time you were able to see and experience God? Perhaps if you take time and invite Him to bathe oh bathe your heart, you might see Him more clearly. 

Soul care training exercise:  Does your heart need a bath? 

  • Reflect and let the Holy Spirit reveal to you what is within your heart that needs to be cleansed?
    • Notice without judgment and with a curious awareness of what comes to your mind. Invite God into your sanctified imagination. Ask Him to bring to your attention what is lingering in your heart that is unclean. Is it pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, unforgiveness, resentment, …. What is it?
  • Next scan your mind and notice what the Holy Spirit is sharing that you need to know, hear, or do to have a clean heart.
  • Finally, Focus on your breath. As you breathe in, invite the Holy Spirit to bathe your heart NOW. Fill the indwelling of the things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, and praiseworthy. Breathe in the clean and refreshing Breath of God. Breath out with a clean heart.

PRAYER: Holy Spirit, Breath of God, thank you for washing my heart clean. Thank you that your breath clears the space for the love and compassion I need to dwell within my heart. I want a clean heart so I can see God. Show yourself NOW! 

PRAISE: Now that you have emptied your mind of the clutter and wandered with Jesus, take a closing moment to experience the cleansing Presence of God. Then take the mindfulness of God’s cleansing Presence moving and being within you in these last few minutes of wandering into the next ones and beyond.

Until next time, be Resonant.

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BONUS REFLECTION: Take five minutes to listen to the Cleansing Breath Meditation and cleanse your heart.

 

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Inviting the Cleansing Work of the Spirit

Cleanse and comfort bless and save me

Cleanse and comfort bless and save me
Bathe O bathe my heart and brow
Thou art comforting and saving
Thou art sweetly filling now

Fill Me Now 1879
By: Elwood H. Stokes (1815-1897)

Listen to this worshipful version of this hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone, enjoy this video, and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we conclude our journey through this penitent hymn, ask the Spirit to come and fill you again today. Let’s tune our hearts.

Cleanse My Heart

Do not get caught up in the sequence of the Spirit’s work listed here. Allow the far-reaching implications of this short list to wash over your soul, pun-intended. On different days we need more of one than another, but we need them all every day.

The imagery of that first word becomes a focus of the first part of this last stanza due to repetition: cleanse, bathe, bathe. Those words make us think of an external cleansing, but we know that the real bathing we need is internal. We need it to become a vessel fit for the filling of the Spirit, and we need it to remain so as well.

Our getting right with God and the righteousness He invites and enables us to walk in is all based on His work and mercy, not ours. All of that merciful work is expression of His goodness and loving kindness, much of which we often fail to acknowledge. May this short list and the work it outlines take you deeper into the Spirit.

Cleanse and comfort bless and save me

…when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy,  Titus 3:4-5a ESV

The Holy Spirit does incredible work in us. In this opening line of the last stanza that work is listed as cleansing, comforting, blessing and saving, but so many more words could be added to describe God’s goodness and kindness. Thank Him for answering this prayer even before you could pray it.

This is certainly not a chronological list of the Spirit’s work in us, nor is it a comprehensive one. Even still it is a pretty remarkable list of things the Spirit does when He fills us. Which do you most need today, cleansing, comforting, blessing or saving?

 

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and invite the Spirit to come and do that work you are most needful of today. “Spirit, come and _____ me today.” Then make praying simple prayers like this one a regular part of your daily walk in the Spirit.

Bathe My Brow

Bathe O bathe my heart and brow

Here we see the confirmation that this work in internal. Bathe my heart. We should also assume that the brow is a reference to the mind behind that brow, if not an acknowledgment of the futility of our hard work demonstrated by a sweaty brow trying to accomplish what only the Spirit can do.

It is a difficult lesson to learn. To trust the Spirit completely to do the work. We are so accustomed to try and help ourselves. Learning to welcome the Spirit to do the work that only He can do is a wonderful discipline. This prayer leads us there.

Bathe O bathe my heart and brow

by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, Titus 3:5b-6 ESV

Part of that cleansing work is the washing of regeneration and renewal the Holy Spirit does in us. Imagine that gracious pouring out that cleanses and washes us renewing our lives to fulfill God’s purpose. Ask Him to continue that work in you again today.

We need to be washed with regeneration and renewal, the kind of washing that only the Holy Spirit can do in us, and gladly does in the hearts of all who genuinely pray a prayer like this one. Have you ever asked Him to bathe you? If so, hallelujah. If not, why not today?

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and invite the cleansing work of the Spirit today. For both heart and brow He is the only One who can renew. Pray a simple prayer like this one. “Spirit, bathe my heart and brow.” Then learn to pray it every day.

Spirit, thank You for cleansing work in my life, amidst all the other work you do in me. You are so merciful to me. Help me to come to You every day and invite that work again. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Cleansing Tuning!

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Video 29.4 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

Cleanse and comfort bless and save me
Bathe O bathe my heart and brow
Thou art comforting and saving
Thou art sweetly filling now

This is certainly not a chronological list of the Spirit’s work in us, nor is it a comprehensive one. Even still it is a pretty remarkable list of things the Spirit does when He fills us. Which do you most need today, cleansing, comforting, blessing or saving? Invite Him to do it in you.

Spirit, come and _____ me today.

We need to be washed with regeneration and renewal, the kind of washing that only the Holy Spirit can do in us, and gladly does in the hearts of all who genuinely pray a prayer like this one. Have you ever asked Him to bathe you? If so, hallelujah. If not, why not today?

Spirit, bathe my heart and brow.

Interestingly, the writer revisits two of the works of the Spirit from the opening line of this stanza, cleansing and saving. Maybe they are the two most crucial, or the ones He needed most. Either way, they are essential. Echo that prayer from deep in your soul today.

Spirit, comfort and save me.

How sweet is the work of the Spirit! He fills us and does so with an astounding blend of power and gentleness. Invite Him one more time here to come and fill you. Then repeat that simple prayer every day until your work on earth is done.

Spirit, sweetly fill me now.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Are You Sealed and Filled With Hope?

Blest, divine, eternal Spirit

I am weakness full of weakness
At Thy sacred feet I bow
Blest divine eternal Spirit
Fill with pow’r and fill me now

Fill Me Now 1879
By: Elwood H. Stokes (1815-1897)

Listen to this modern version of this classic hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the podcast below.

Here is podcast content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone enjoy this podcast and transcript below!  It features meditative music and moments to contemplate the Scriptures and reflections shared.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this penitent text and hymn, make each stanza your own by praying through it. Let’s think about this.

Sealed

Us

  • Weakness
  • Full of weakness
  • Bowed down

The Spirit

  • Blest
  • Divine
  • Eternal

Our great need creates the perfect contrast to put the power of our God on display. He is so different from us and this stanza shows that very clearly. Still, our fate is intrinsically connected to His person and work.

The Spirit is the One who reveals the truth, and imparts with to us. He seals us, and guarantees our inheritance. He even empowers our praise.

A key part of that work is his sealing us. A seal on a letter had two important functions in ancient times. It verified who the sender was which is very important. It also proved that there had been no tampering with the content ensuring it remained intact from the sender.

The Spirit does this remarkable work in us. He verifies that we being to God. He also proves that there has been no tampering with us, but that we arrive at our location in the condition He intended. He has the authority to do that because of who He is.

Blest divine eternal Spirit

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:13-14 ESV

He is blessed and blesses us by sealing us as a guarantee of our eternal inheritance from God. Give praise to the Spirit for helping you believe and then sealing your faith.

The Spirit is also eternal, and divine. He always was and always will be. He is God, plain and simple. He is also holy, without fault or blemish. These characteristics put Him in a position to bless us. Declare to the Spirit you believe His is eternal, divine and blest.

 

 

RESONATE!
Our faith does not permit God to do His work in us, but it does position us to receive that work. We need it as we have confessed in the earlier part of this stanza. Acknowledge that you believe the Holy Spirit is the One who can do that work in you and prepare yourself to receive it today.

The Sealer

Fill with power and fill me now

If we are to be sealed then the Holy Spirit will do the sealing. If we are to be filled then he Holy Spirit will do the filling. Those these are two very different illustrations both very clearly bear the marks of the Holy Spirit.

When wax is going to be sealed on a letter it must first be melted. As it drips onto the envelope it is soft and ready to receive the pressure of the seal. The same thing happens in our spiritual lives. The heat is turned up and we are prepared to receive the indelible impression of the Spirit.

When a vessel is going to be filled it must first be emptied. As it is emptied it is ready to receive the substance that will fill it. The same thing happens in our spiritual lives. We are emptied and prepared to receive the holy habitation of the Spirit.

To be melted and emptied are certainly not pleasant experiences but what can come afterwards can prove extremely useful. Confessing we are weakness and full of weakness is similarly not a pleasant experience either, however, it does prepare us to be full of power instead. That is very useful.

When we are melted or emptied in can be a pretty terrible feeling. The melting prepares us to be shaped and sealed. The emptying prepares us to be fill. When those things happen we are filled with hope. But we must continue to learn the discipline of hoping even as we wait on the filling.

Fill with pow’r and fill me now

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13ESV

He fills us with His power and from that power ushers belief. When we believe, God brings joy, peace and hope abundantly into our lives. Without His filling none of that would be possible. Ask for that filling again today and every day until you see Him face to face.

He empowers us to reflect God with our lives and deflect glory to Him. This is miraculous when you consider we start out full of weakness and is another expression of His incredible work in us. Only with His power could that work occur.

RESONATE!
Do you feel melted or emptied? Maybe God is preparing you to receive His hope. Maybe He is readying you for something else. Ask Him to fill you with His Spirit again today and the hope that flows from that filling. Pray simply, “Spirit, fill with power and fill me now”.

Spirit, thank You for revealing how weak I was, and not leaving me there. You revealed Your power to me and then made it clear how You wanted to fill me with the power. Thank You Spirit. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Podcast 29.3 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

I am weakness full of weakness 

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 ESV

We are weak. This is one of the first things the Holy Spirit reveals to us. Thankfully when He does we are already engaged in receiving His help. He helps us pray the very things we need the most, needs too deep for words. Thank Him for revealing Your weakness to you. 

At Thy sacred feet I bow

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:27 ESV

As we humble ourselves before Him, he prays for us according to the will of God. That surrender and submission is crucial to our embracing the work of the Spirit in our lives. He searches our hearts and prays for us. Thank Him for praying for you.

Blest divine eternal Spirit

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:13-14 ESV

He is blessed and blesses us by sealing us as a guarantee of our eternal inheritance from God. Give praise to the Spirit who for helping you believe and then sealing your faith.

Fill with pow’r and fill me now

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13 ESV

He fills us with His power and from that power ushers belief. When we believe God brings joy, peace and hope abundantly into our lives. Without His filling none of that would be possible. Ask for that filling again today and every day until you see Him face to face.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

I am weakness full of weakness
At Thy sacred feet I bow
Blest divine eternal Spirit
Fill with pow’r and fill me now

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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In Your Weakness Will You Bow?

I am weakness full of weakness

I am weakness full of weakness
At Thy sacred feet I bow
Blest divine eternal Spirit
Fill with pow’r and fill me now

Fill Me Now 1879
By: Elwood H. Stokes (1815-1897)

Listen to this worshipful version of this hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone, enjoy this video, and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this classic hymn, ask yourself again today upon what are you truly building your hope. Let’s tune our hearts.

Weakness

Here comes another difficult admission. I am weak. This is not something most of us are inclined to acknowledge, but it is a feeling with which all of us are acquainted.

And not only weak, but full of weakness. One might say weak in many ways, or maybe even weak in every way. Ouch!

The state or condition of lacking strength is not a happy or enviable place to be. The awareness you are there, however, is the first step toward going somewhere else, and the somewhere else that God has in store for you is a much better place. You must be willing to accept and acknowledge your weakness if you are going to begin the journey.

I am weakness full of weakness 

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 ESV

We are weak. This is one of the first things the Holy Spirit reveals to us. Thankfully when He does, we are already engaged in receiving His help. He helps us pray the very things we need the most, needs too deep for words. Thank Him for revealing your weakness to you. 

We acknowledge our weakness at the start of our journey with the Spirit, but that is only the beginning. Acknowledging our weakness must become a regular occurrence, as we learn to live in the Spirit. It is the pathway to His power. Tell Him again you are full of weakness.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and confess the painful truth of your weakness. “Spirit, I am weakness, full of weakness.” The good news is the Spirit already knows that and is ready and willing to meet you right there in your weakened state. Thank Him that admitting your weakness is not the destination but the starting point.

Bowed Down

At Thy sacred feet I bow

Though weakness is something each of us is acquainted with, humility is not. Often our response to our weakness is posturing and masking so we do not have to be honest with ourselves or God, let alone the wider world. If you are willing to admit your weakness, are you ready to take things to the next level and humble yourself before God by bowing down in His presence?

Is the idea of bowing down a new one to you? Maybe you have thought of this posture as simply a figurative one, humbling your heart and mind to God. While it does begin there, it is so much more as well.

Many Christians have never experienced the release that comes from kneeling before God. Dropping to your knees is a simple position of humility that can produce profound results in our hearts. Maybe the idea is not new to you, but have you practiced it? Have you ever done it? Have you knelt down before God acknowledging your utter weakness before His incomprehensible might?

Simply be careful. Taking the posture without meaning it is more than meaningless. It is an affront to the omniscience of God. He knows your heart, so be certain your heart matches the posture.

At Thy sacred feet I bow

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:27 ESV

As we humble ourselves before Him, he prays for us according to the will of God. That surrender and submission is crucial to our embracing the work of the Spirit in our lives. He searches our hearts and prays for us. Thank Him for praying for you.

Acknowledging our weakness positions us humbly before the Spirit. It allows us to bow down before His Holy Presence and prepares us to receive His power by confessing we have none. Tell the Spirit you will bow down before Him today and every day.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and determine if you are ready to kneel in the presence of the One who knows your weakness and loves you still. Ask the Spirit to search your heart even now and help you embrace this posture of humility. Then when you are ready, kneel and pray, “Spirit, I bow before Your sacred presence.”

Spirit, thank You for revealing to me that I am full of weakness and enabling me to confess that. In my weakness, teach me to kneel in Your presence and prepare myself to receive your power. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Humble Tuning!

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Video 29.3 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

I am weakness full of weakness
At Thy sacred feet I bow
Blest divine eternal Spirit
Fill with pow’r and fill me now

We acknowledge our weakness at the start of our journey with the Spirit, but that is only the beginning. Acknowledging our weakness must become a regular occurrence as we learn to live in the Spirit. It is the pathway to His power. Tell Him again you are full of weakness.

Spirit, I am full of weakness.

Acknowledging our weakness positions us humbly before the Spirit. It allows us to bow down before His Holy Presence and prepares us to receive His power by confessing we have none. Tell the Spirit you will bow down before Him today and every day.

Spirit, I bow before Your sacred presence.

The Spirit is also eternal, divine and blest. He always was and always will be. He is God, plain and simple. He is also holy, without fault or blemish. These characteristics put Him in a position to bless us. Declare to the Spirit you believe His is eternal, divine and blest.

Spirit, I believe You are eternal, divine and blest.

He empowers us to reflect God with our lives and deflect glory to Him. This is miraculous when you consider we start out full of weakness and is another expression of His incredible work in us. Only with His power could that work occur. Ask for that filling again today.

Spirit, fill me with Your power.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time,
Be Resonant.

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