Morning by Morning, October 25 - Each Part, Fully Expressed
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your Word is a Lamp to my feet and Light to my path. Guide my steps today, I pray, as I seek to start my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ...
I’ve been in many different gatherings recently where there was a powerful flow of Your Spirit from one person to another, with each offering their part as You wove together all the parts into a whole. It reminds me of one of the places in Your Word where every dimension of Your Holy Trinity is expressed in drawing us near to You in worship and prayer:
“Be filled with Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:18-20).
And it reminds me of Your heart to unite us together, with each sharing our part so that You can fit together all the parts in worship and prayer, when each part is fully expressed:
“What should be done then, my friends? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn; and let one interpret. But if there is no one to interpret, let them be silent in church and speak to themselves and to God. Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to someone else sitting nearby, let the first person be silent. For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged. And the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets, for God is a God not of disorder but of peace” (1 Corinthians 14:26-33).
“One by one” we can each share our part “so that all may learn and all be encouraged” (v. 31). When we do, by the leading of Your Holy Spirit and with guidance of Your Father heart, all is done in “peace” as we experience Your Presence and Your power in our midst (v. 32).
There’s room to “weigh what is said” with wisdom and discernment, to weed out the flesh and embrace the Spirit (v. 29). And there’s a right way with a right spirit that “all things (are) done for building up” the body of believers, when we come together in freedom and love, with no agenda but Yours (v. 26).
In humility and in honest expression of our need for one another in the bonds of love together in worship and prayer, passionately pursuing our need of You, Your Word reminds us that “we know only in part and we prophesy only in part” so that we need all the parts to be fully expressed (1 Corinthians 13:9). By the power of Your grace, set us free from reluctance and fear, feelings of insecurity or inadequacy, or anything else that would hold us back from sharing the hope that is within us all for the good of us all (1 Peter 3:15). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be freed from anything that would hold you back from fully expressing your part along with all the other parts, that the Lord may build us up into all He has created us to be, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
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