The Holy Spirit | a 3-Day Skate Church Movement Devotionalনমুনা

Who is the Holy Spirit?

“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!” Galatians 5:22-23

Skate culture is like a giant family that goes far beyond age, gender, or ethnicity. It’s a beautiful culture where people can be themselves, conquer fear, be creative, and enjoy a common love for skating alongside their friends. Despite all of the beauty found within the culture, it doesn’t take long to discover some of the negative things associated with it. The thrill of going bigger and getting better every day causes many skateboarders to search for that same adrenaline and rush in other places. I have seen lots of friends try to fill themselves with other types of highs to cope, and the skate culture at large has embraced the use of drugs and alcohol to meet those needs; sometimes to a damaging or even deadly extent.

Human beings crave to fill themselves, whether it’s skateboarding, affirmation from others, or whatever makes us feel good. These things aren’t bad, but when they become the fuel we operate off of, it can be very dangerous. Within everyone, there is a space that cannot be satisfied by any created thing, but only by God made known through Jesus. Did you know that God has promised to fill people with His personal presence? This is the Holy Spirit; God’s spirit. I know that may sound kind of trippy, but the word “spirit” in the Bible means wind or breath; the actual presence of God Himself. The Bible talks about the Holy Spirit empowering people for specific tasks as the power of God working in and through them.

Before Jesus came to earth or died on the cross, the Spirit would come and go; however, after Jesus was raised from the dead and returned to heaven, one of His final promises was that He would send a Helper (the Holy Spirit). Jesus then breathed on His disciples, and they were filled with God’s Spirit and carried the Good News of God’s great love to the world. We’re told in Romans 8 that this same Holy Spirit now lives in all people who follow the Lord, and just as Jesus was raised from the dead, God will resurrect and transform us by this same Spirit because it will live in us at all times! Acts 2:38 tells us that when we repent of our sins and turn to God and are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins, we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

As you read the verse in Galatians, is there anything better that you can imagine filling yourself with other than the Holy Spirit? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are the fruits that come from having the Holy Spirit living inside of us and characteristics I would only imagine that we all desire.

One of the last things that Jesus told the disciples before He left them is found in Acts 1:8: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Because of what Christ accomplished on the cross, we are now saved by grace, filled with God’s Spirit at all times, and are being transformed daily as He is working in and through us to make us more like Him!

Pushing further

1. Are you filling yourself with other things with the hope of feeling satisfied?
2. Have you put your faith in Christ and allowed Him to take that place in your life?

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