78 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
And third, He transformed my daily Christian life. I
actually began to sing and didn't know why until I read the
words: "Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord" (Eph. 5:18-19).
What began to happen to me was not natural—it was
supernatural. The Spirit had taken over. He began to
baptize me with a love for people—and especially for my
own father. It was exactly as the Word declared: "the love
of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
who was given to us" (Rom. 5:5).
I became such a changed person that my natural
instincts and reactions were replaced by the leading of the
Spirit. I learned what it meant to "crucify the flesh." And I
realized that I couldn't do it by myself. "For if you live
according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you
put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as
many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God"
(Rom. 8:13-14).
HIS VOICE
How are you led by the Spirit? You become familiar
with His voice. You recognize it. You respond to it. And the
more you fellowship with Him the deeper, the relationship
becomes.
In the Beginning
From the beginning of time, God made the person and
the power of the Holy Spirit clear. In fact, the Holy Spirit is
the first manifestation of the Godhead in Scripture. "And
the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the
waters" (Gen. 1:2).
When God created Adam out of the dust of the ground
He began by forming mud. That mud was absolutely dead