Without the Holy Spirit, man is as deaf as a post

In the 15th century, a French monk named Brother Lawrence, who washed dishes in the monastery, began a love affair with the Holy Spirit.

His work is published in a book and is sold in numbers only eclipsed by the Bible.

His observations have echoed through time...

One of his stated beliefs were that with the help of the Holy Spirit, truths revealed to man will stay as pertinent from the time given through the centuries to those who open themselves up to the Holy Spirits voice. A truth uttered in the 2nd century is applicable to those living in the 21st century.

The flip side of the coin is that without the leading of the Holy Spirit, man is as deaf as a post. It is like trying to explain a complex engineering principle of a 5 year old child. Sure, they can hear the words coming out of your mouth, but they mean absolutely nothing to them.

Unfortunately, the American Christian church is filled with folks who not only don't hear the Holy Spirit, but have no idea when he is NOT there.

It is no more than a group of folks who are going through the motions, worshiping church doctrine. And they are only doing so because that is the tradition they were taught.

And this grieves the Holy Spirit. They might has well been praying to the sheet rock above their heads.

Never being challenged. Never graduating to meat...merely surviving on bottled formula. Unable to grow through Christ. And that's the way they like it.

Poor God. When he gave his people free will, he allowed them the choice to grow or not. To become the people that God intended, or not.

Just like kids who refuse to grow. To take on responsibility . To become the people, according to their own bent.

Without opening up their minds and hearts to the Holy Spirit, they might as well be hooked up to a ventilator and fed through an IV. Their muscles going into atrophy.

This is not what God had in mind.

And I hear Him weep...but am surrounded by people who hear nothing but the wind.

I cannot share the things of God with them...I might as well be speaking a foreign language.

Lord, I apologize for them. And ask you might give them site.