“But my God shall supply all your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”-Philippians 4:19
“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) The line “The only fitness he requireth is to feel a need of him.” Is ripe with fundamental truth.
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 simultaneously 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 from doing
certain things, and the unction to continue doing other things. 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, because God is a never failing
supplier of all that we need. When he is
all in our lives we depend on him for everything in our lives. 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.”
