“The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.” (Proverbs 20:27 NKJV)
This reminds us that the life-giving breath of God upon our lives provides the light deep in our hearts to enable us to see His vision for how we should live. When God breathed into the nostrils of man the breath of life, He transformed the man made of dirt into a living being in His likeness (Genesis 2:7). That breath of spirit God apportioned in the hearts of men is His lamp that searches for any unrighteousness in every heart. The spirit is the conscience that gives man sensitivity to what is right and what is wrong in God’s eyes. The spirit stands as the agent of conviction in each and every decision that we make. Being fed by the holy and written Words of God, our spirit is the abettor of godly ways in us.
As men and women made in the likeness of God and now redeemed by grace through faith in Jesus (Ephesians 2:8-9), we have in our hearts the lamp of God. And His Spirit, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead whom He sends when we surrender our life and accept Jesus our personal Lord and Savior, joins with our spirit (Romans 6:10-11). With the lamp of God shining in the depths of our hearts and with the person of the Holy Spirit residing in us, we should now see that we are His children. He testifies with our spirit that we are children of God (Romans 8:16).
Hence, by His grace through faith in Christ Jesus, unchained from enslavement of religious rituals, we are declared co-heirs with Christ who saved us from our sins. It is written: "So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.” (Romans 8:15-17 NLT)
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)
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