Pentecost

One day a mom told her little son to clean his room but each time he went in, he got distracted by all the toys and he put nothing away. She went in and said to him, “Stephen, what did mom tell you to do?” “Clean my room”, he said. “And did you clean your room”, she asked. “No” he replied quietly. She disciplined him and then helped him to pray and confess his error to God and ask Jesus to help him get his room cleaned. He seemed to respond really well to all of this and she thought, “Wow, prayer really works.” But Stephen just got down and sat in the middle of the room, doing nothing. In frustration she asked, “Stephen, what are you doing?” He replied, just as frustrated, “Oh, Mom! You prayed to Jesus, right? I’m waiting for him to come and help me clean my room!”
Do you hear and obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit to change your way of living? Or though you hear the promptings you ignore them and, continue to wait for Him to come and clean up the mess in your life for you?
Saint Paul in his letter to the Romans, a part of which we heard today, speaks about two kinds of life, namely the life of the flesh and the life of the spirit, and he draws a sharp contrast between these two. He says, “Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.” What does Paul mean by being in the spirit?
Paul’s point is that who live according to the Spirit of God, two precious gifts are given:
1. The Spirit makes us children of God. As His children, we have an intimate relationship with our God the Father. We have the special privilege of speaking to Him and calling Him, “Abba, Father!” We can tell him our joys and sorrows. We can confidently go to Him with our troubles, trials and fears.
2. The Spirit makes us heirs of God. As heirs, we are given love, peace and all that belongs to God our Father.
Let us examine our life. Are you living according to the Spirit? If you are living in the spirit, then let you hear and obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit to change your way of living.