When you become a real Christian, you receive the Holy Spirit to reside in you at that moment. It is a gift that becomes a part of you for the rest of your human life. At the same time, it also requires change. You have to make room for the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit was given to you to be your helper in this world. This means he is your advocate, defender, teacher, comforter, and counselor. He is Jesus in your life today. He speaks the truth into your soul. The more time you spend in God's Word and prayer, the more clearly you will hear that truth. He guides you in your perspective, values, morals, and overall aspects of dealing with everyday life.
When you pray for the truth, be prepared. God gives you what you pray for. The Holy Spirit will start cleaning out your mental closet. He will ask you to get rid of things you may not feel ready to get rid of at this time. However, it is time. He will counsel you as you start learning and seeing things in new perspective.
The truth requires change. Change is hard. If you persevere and are committed, then you will become stronger. You will find joy and become happier in life. You will gain wisdom and objectivity. Trust the Holy Spirit's counsel. It is wisdom. It will keep you safe. It is ultimately good.
The Holy Spirit will challenge you to really listen, embrace the truth, admit where you are wrong, and change. The truth is He will push you, but never leave your side and fight some battles for you so they never make it to your orbit of thinking. You are not alone and he will not silence you when you need to speak.
If you trust God, then you will trust the Holy Spirit. He has a soft voice that works in your thoughts and intuition. Your gut feeling is Him. If it is telling your something is wrong, but everything looks good, believe it is wrong for your. Same goes if it looks wrong, but He says proceed, then proceed. You do not have to feel uncertain. You can walk in confidence.
If your vision is still a little unfocused, then that is okay. Pray to God to make it more clear. Ask Him to reveal the Holy Spirit's work in your life. If you don't understand what God is doing in your and through you, then how are you going to be able to use it as a testimony to the world. You are God's ambassador, so you need your message to be clear.
Before you act on what you think is true ask yourself: does it align with the Bible? The Holy Spirit will never lead you away from the truths of the Bible. This is how you can clean out your mental closet. If it does not align with God's Word, then remove it, burn it, destroy it so it never can infect your mental closet again.
John 15:26-16:11, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, Ephesians 1:12-14, & 1 John 5:6-11
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