By: George O. Wood
When praying for the baptism in the Spirit as a young person, I would hear people use Luke 11:9–13 to teach about it—ask, seek, knock. But I misunderstood these verses. I really didn’t think 😟the Holy Spirit wanted to have anything to do with me. I felt that I not only had to ask, but I had to beat the door down.
In reality, this passage reminds us that Spirit baptism is not something we ask for once. It should be something we ask for and expect to receive 🌹 repeatedly. This is why Jesus used the progressive present tense. Go 🙏on asking, go on 🙏seeking, go on knocking. There is never any time in your life where you should simply come to rest and say, “I’ve received all the Spirit of God I’ll ever need.”
We never have enough 🎯of God’s Spirit. Yes, we have enough to serve God capably today, but we must replenish ⚠the supply of His presence in succeeding days. Jesus gave us a pattern to follow—ask, seek and knock. If you’re not filled to the level of your need for the Spirit today, then ask, seek and knock. And go on 😊asking, seeking and knocking, until you’re full and satisfied for that moment. Then, there will come 🙌another moment where you’ll need more 😊of the Spirit. It’s right to say, “Father, You promised the Spirit. You promised the baptism in the Spirit. I’m here to ask.”
Don’t treat the baptism in the Spirit as something that happens only 💡 once. Exercise the🍞 gift. Paul said to Timothy about his ministry in 2 Timothy 1:6, “Stir 🔥up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands” (KJV). The NIV says “fan into🔥 flame.” The word for “stir up” is a Greek word that represents a hot coal, an ember, a spark. A charcoal fire needs to be 🔥 fanned into flame. This is the word Paul used.
Do not be drunk with wine, for that is reckless living. But be 💕filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18 MEV
When He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 MEV
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was 💒 shaken. And they were all 🔥filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with 🍓boldness.
Acts 4:31 MEV
There will be times when we need the wind⛅ of the Spirit of God to rekindle a gift 🌷for ministry. This is true with the baptism in the Spirit as well. Kindle, rekindle, keep being filled with the Spirit so that this blessed experience is a 😀regular expression of your relationship with Christ.
By faith🙌, stir up the gift of God inside you as you pray. Hear🔔 what the Spirit has to say about you and agree with Him.
Ask for more of the Holy Spirit to 🎯fill you, transform💡 you and flow out of you.
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