“And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.” Acts 2:2

Suddenly…immediate and without warning something happens. On the day of Pentecost, the disciples were unified and waiting in Jerusalem as Jesus had instructed them to do. They were looking to receive the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father. Acts 1:4 reads “And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.”

I am sure if those old saints could literally have a face-to-face conversation with us…it would blow our minds of the experience they had that day. The scripture tells us that the Holy Spirit came suddenly and filled all the house. It was a miraculous occurrence. They saw and felt His power; it is impossible for us to see God in His complete essence. Moses sought to see God’s face and God spoke unto him and we note in Exodus 33:20 “And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.”  God shows us His glory through the manifestation of things that we can relate to and understand.

The Bible gives us many accounts of the Holy Spirit’s power on display in the lives of our Heavenly Fathers beloved children… owe find an example in John chapter 3:8 Jesus spoke to  Nicodemus about the Holy Spirit’s presence . . .  “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” And in Acts chapter 4:8 we find the Apostle Peters’ powerful defence to the rulers and elders of Israel. “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel;” the rulers and elders assumed that Peter and John were unlearned…but they were astonished and marvelled at Peters’ discourse and mighty acts of the apostles’ to heal- the power of the Holy Spirit is able to give us the courage and strength to accomplish even the most monumental feats!

No…we cannot physically see the Holy Spirit, but we can see the manifestation of His power and  feel Him living within us…Jeremiah expressed it like fire shut-up in my bones and all of us who have been saved by the grace of God know exactly what he felt. No…the disciples do not have to come and speak to us face to face about their encounter with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentacost . . . because every born-again believer at the moment of salvation is endowed with the power of the Holy Ghost!

My friends  . . .  there will always be naysayers just like those on the day of Pentecost…denying what they obviously saw and heard. They accused the disciples of being drunk with wine, the fact is that they saw the effects of the Holy Spirit and could not deny it… they simply refused to believe. So, it is today, when the Holy Spirit lives within us and fills our lives, it shows.  Man may deny it, but they cannot help but see the glory of God being manifested through His divine creation to accomplish His will.

So, today I am reminded of Timothy as the Apostle Paul admonishes him in 2 Timothy 1:6 “Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.” May God help us to stir up the gift that lives with in us….  lifting, encouraging, and comforting others; allowing the Holy Spirit to fill and empower us to be bright lights in this dark world for the upbuilding of God’s  kingdom!

God’s peace, joy and amazing grace keep us all!