Simply Seeking the Fullness of God

Hover o’er me Holy Spirit
Bathe my trembling heart and brow
Fill me with Thy hallow’d presence
Come O come 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.

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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.

Hallowed

Here is another word that is not common in our daily speech and needs a bit of explanation. It means honor as holy. God’s presence should be honored as holy. His Holy Spirit fills us with His hallowed presence and enables us to honor it as holy.

How is God’s presence honored as holy by these disciples in those moments they were all filled with the Holy Spirit? They began to speak in other tongues as them the ability to do so. They honored God as holy by speaking languages they formerly did not know.

God knows all languages and wants to be know, loved and worshipped by the people who speak each of them. On the Day of Pentecost when Jews and God-fearers had gathered in Jerusalem from all over the known world God chose to honor His name as holy by giving His disciples the ability to speak the languages of the people.

Fill me with Thy hallow’d presence

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.   Acts 2:4 ESV

Your experience of the Holy Spirit may not be identical to these disciples who first received Him, but it need be no less real. The filling of the Spirit is a mark of God’s presence with us. Do you long to be filled with the Holy Spirit not matter what that may look or sound like?

Oh, to be filled with the fullness of God. That is what the Spirit does when He fills us. He consumes us with an awareness of the holy presence of God. He is without fault or blemish and to be filled with that perfection is life-changing, whether He enables you to speak in another language or not.

RESONATE!
Have you ever asked God to fill you with His hallowed presence? If not, might it be because you are afraid of what may happen. Don’t be. His desire if simply for you and others to be empowered to honor His name as holy. Beg for that filling today. Pray, “Spirit, fill me with Your holy presence.” 

Come

This closing statement can be viewed as a command, but it would be better interpreted as an invitation. We are certainly not demanding God to fill us with His holy presence. We are asking.

It really is simple. This line captures all the essential elements.

• Humility
• Earnestness
• Desperation

Do those words characterize your approach to God? We tend to complicate this or believe His presence is only for the most reverent. The Holy Spirit wants to fill us all. Maybe you are not convinced about that. Make certain you notice the were “all” in this verse.

Come O come and fill me now

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:31ESV

When they prayed…they were all filled. Again, the place where you are gathered may not shake, but God will certainly stir some things in your soul. Prepare yourself to receive the Holy Spirit by simply praying for His holy presence to fill you.

RESONATE!
Have you ever prayed such a prayer? “Spirit please come and fill me now.” If so, you can pray it again. If not, will you consider doing it today? Pray, “Spirit, come, o come and fill me now.”

Jesus, thank You for dressing me in righteousness and making me faultless. I could never have accomplished either, yet you graciously accomplish both for me. In Jesus name. Amen.

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