Acts 2:1-2 – On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.
The Average Christian and The Average Church are Bogged down Somewhere between Calvary and Pentecost. They have been to Calvary for Pardon, but they haven’t been to Pentecost for Power.
We all talk about wanting God to move, but do we really want him to move in our lives? Are we willing to pray until God moves? Then when he moves are we willing to follow.
God wants to pour out his Holy Spirit on our lives. He want to bless us. He wants to see our church and our lives make a difference. So what do we need to do? GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT ROOM.
In his article “Five Faces of Pentecost,” Dean Merrill, an award-winning author, shares about his visit to an immigrant church in Amsterdam, Holland. It was a dynamic service, and even though he couldn’t understand the language spoken, the Spirit’s presence was very strong. He kept looking at a banner across the front of the sanctuary where the choir sat. It read, “Geef de Heilige Geest ruimte.” He finally turned to a young man next to him and said, “Do you read Dutch?”
“Some,” he replied.
“What does the sign say?” Dean asked, pointing to the stage.
He gave the translation: “Give the Holy Spirit room.”
And I thought, That’s right. That’s what we need to do in our personal lives. That’s what we need to do in our families. That’s what we need to do in the body of Christ, in our church services, in our prayer meetings. It can’t just be scripted. It can’t just be a schedule. It can’t just be, “Well, we’re doing this out of routine and habit.” There has to be an openness, a sense that we’re making room for the Spirit.
The Spirit who hovered over the chaos and breathed into it the creation, the Spirit through whom Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mary, the Spirit through whom we are born again; this creative, dynamic Spirit wants to be birthed into time and space in our lives today. The Spirit who was poured out on the disciples on the Day of Pentecost wants to be poured out on your life today.
For that to happen, we must give the Holy Spirit room.