184 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
He gives you the power to speak. In fact, it's useless to
attempt to proclaim God's Word without the Holy Ghost
upon you.
"Help Me!"
When you say, "Holy Spirit, help me to know Jesus,"
He will not disappoint you. He is always willing to help.
Listen to what the psalmist says: "Do not cast me away
from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from
me" (Ps. 51:11). Then, in the very next breath, he says,
"Restore to me the joy of Your salvation; / And uphold me
with Your generous Spirit" (v. 12). The Holy Ghost is
willing.
Anytime you say, "Help me," He says, "I will."
When you say, "Teach me," He says, "I'm ready."
And when you say, "Help me to pray," He says, "Let's
begin."
He is right there, giving you the desire to pray. He is the
urging behind the hunger to talk to the Father and to the
Son. Paul wrote these powerful words: "Therefore I make
known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God
calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord
except by the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:3). When you sing
"He is Lord" and mean it from your heart, it's proof that the
Holy Ghost is within you. He's using you to proclaim that
Jesus Christ is Lord to the whole world!
The moment you confess the death, burial, and
resurrection of Christ you have passed the test of the Spirit.
Scripture says, "By this you know the Spirit of God: Every
spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
is of God, and every Spirit that does not confess that Jesus
Christ has come in the flesh is not from God" (1 John
4:2-3). He says, "By this we know the Spirit of truth and