Listening to the Spirit

Now the Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children (Romans 8:16).

No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.  We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us

(I Cor. 2:12)

But as his annointing teaches you about all things and as that annointing is real, not counterfeit -- just as it has taught you, remain in him (I Jn. 2:27).

God has placed in each one of us a human spirit capable of communing with the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit is given to teach our human spirit the thoughts of God, things that we cannot know by our own reasoning.  When we remain in, or with, the Spirit of God, He teaches us through an annointing or "testimony" to truth.

All of the saints, whether officially recognized or not, have received wisdom and understanding and knowledge about "the way things work" from the Spirit of God.  His ways are not our ways, so the poverty of St. Francis, the prayer of Catherine of Siena, and the Counsel of St. Seraphim are not always understood by the people of their times -- or of ours.  But in every age, God pours out His Wisdom and knowledge to those who will listen.

My prayer is for a world that will listen to the Spirit of God!