Our 'Worship Guide'
By J Anthony (Tony)
Shuff, Dir. The Salvation Army-Keest Center |
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[December 20, 2016]
We
often pick up the pace at this festive time of year with
guilt-ridden, compressed, seasonal schedules. Add to that, lists on
our phone or reminders on scraps of paper in our pocket or purse. We
eventually reach a point of seeing our lists are many and the hours
too few to get it all done.
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 It’s enough to make you want to hiss! We can call it the Holiday
Insanity Stress Syndrome, or H.I.S.S. for short.
To sort it all out and make sense of what’s to remain “the most
wonderful time of the year,” let us consider HIS answer.
Our Lord Jesus did not want to leave us comfortless, without a
teacher, companion/helper, or guide. In fact, it was His final
instruction to us all before His ascension into Heaven. Jesus had
breathed on His disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit,” then
commanded them to stay in Jerusalem until they were filled with Him
and His power.
The same Spirit that brooded over creation in the beginning and hung
a star in the East to direct the wisest toward the Christ Child can
still direct each of us today. The lost find new direction, the
discouraged lift their eyes, and the broken are mended, having faith
restored, as they follow their “worship guide,” the Holy Spirit.
 He, the “Spirit of Truth” will not mislead you, but guide you into
all Truth. He will not speak of Himself, but whatever He hears of
the Father and Son, He will share with you. What a Comfort! What a
Guide!
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Beyond a time and a place we remember at Christmas, we come to
worship a Person, the Lord Jesus our Christ! Led by our worship
guide, beyond Bethlehem of long ago, we come to the very Person and
Presence of our God in heaven. The HISS is displaced by HIS
Presence! We find access beyond the veil into His Most Holy Place as
we worship in Spirit and Truth.
Let’s remind one another, throughout the year, that the Spirit and
the Bride say, “Come!”
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