If someone knocks at your front door, you usually check to see who it is before you open the door. If it is someone trustworthy or familiar, we open the door. Trust facilitates openness, and openness allows us to be filled.
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom 15:13 NLT)
When God, the source of hope, knocks--we have to trust Him before we can open our hearts, minds, and hands to receive Him. Then, through the power of the Holy Spirit, we are filled until we overflow with joy, wholeness, and confident hope.
Now, if someone shady comes to your door and tries to convince you to open the door--flattering your ego, peddling half-truths, preying on your fears--then you bar the door and quickly make sure every other entry point in your home is sealed and locked as well.
The Prince of Peace, the Spirit of Truth brings wholeness, restoration, and healing. However, the prince of darkness, the spirit of deception induces fear, despair (lack of hope), and insecurity. Allowing God’s presence to fill our lives is the best defense against evil.
For “the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” (1 John 4:4 NLT)
Prince of Peace, make us whole. May we trust you--opening our minds, hearts, and hands to you--so that by the power of Your Holy Spirit, we shall overflow with confident hope.
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