“Let not conscience make you linger.
Nor of fitness fondly dream.
The only fitness he requireth.
Is to feel a need of him.”
The above quote is actually a verse from the song “I will Arise and Go to Jesus.”(also known as Come ye Sinners) It has been what God has given me this week; specifically the line “The only fitness he requireth is to feel a need of him.”
I wonder how many today really feel a need of God. Or rather, how many feel a need and don’t recognize it is actually God they need. The sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost is a wondrous miracle. When the Holy Ghost sanctifies your soul it becomes your greatest supplier, and your greatest need. When the Holy Ghost comes into your heart he supplies you with the power to live holy, and the ability to understand spiritual things. It supplies you with the: mind of Christ, assurance of salvation, conviction to abstain for doing, unction to continue doing. It can move on a church service; lift up the hands that hang down and confirm the feeble knees. It is the “doing” end of God, if you please. A never failing supplier of all that we need. Why? Because God is a never failing supplier of all that we need.
So if this supplier is so great, then why is there need? Well………let me tell you about the river Nile. In ancient times the Nile supplied nutrients to the soil and water to the crops. This in turn supplied food to the people. However, none of this was possible without the rains falling and the Nile flooding its banks. Without the flooding of the Nile, there was no water, and if there was no water, then there was no food. The people had an absolute need for the Nile, and what it supplied. As do we with the Spirit of God (the Holy Ghost i.e. Sanctification). We stand in absolute need of the living water that flows from the throne itself and cuts its way into a human heart-this river of life that can flood the hearts of men and supply all our needs; “a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”(John 4:14) It can bring nutrients and feed the seed of faith which God has planted, this- combined with our obedience to His wills, ways, and wishes can bring about a bountiful crop. Without this flooding, without this river, we are desolate and dying; poor and broken. We have an absolute need of the Spirit, sinner and saint alike; the separation between the two is simply the realization of the need, and a whole hearted commitment to plant your life within the Nile’s flood plain. The Holy Ghost is our greatest supplier and our greatest need.
So if you are reading, and find yourself in need of a flood-Arise and go to Jesus; plant yourself by his life giving waters. Repent of your sins and be baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire. “The only fitness he requireth is to feel a need of him.”
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