“Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach wrongdoers Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.”
Psalm 51:10-13 NASB2020
This is the fifth day of celebrating being baptized in the Holy Ghost 54 years ago.
You see David worshiping as a shepherd boy tending sheep as he pastured them. At some point he encountered the Holy Ghost and was elevated into worship. This was a precursor to our worship today.
I was so impacted in the Charismatic Movement by the true call to worship and the freedom He brought in every setting. Congregations, home groups, conferences, and prayer meetings; it mattered not whether you knew the people, we just worshipped Jesus. People from all denominations, backgrounds, and cultures. All turning their eyes upon Jesus. Great praise and thanksgiving being offered in a real oneness according to the Spirit. It was evident that, “This was that, which Peter identified from the prophet Joel.” His Spirit being poured out once again.
In this Psalm of David, we see into His heart and the revelation of the Presence of God. Not just at the Temple or Feasts, but a daily renewing of his spirit. His cry, take not your Spirit from me.
Before I received, the power I relied on was my will. Constantly recommitting, rededicating, and repenting. Failing time after time after time. No power to endure or overcome my failures as a believer, much less a minister.
Recently my dear friend and I were fellowshipping concerning the Holy Ghost. Both of us agreed, we would be lost in our lives without Him. What a fearful and terrible thing to have the Holy Ghost taken from us. The word says He will never leave us nor forsake us. David says take not, for God is patient and longsuffering, but will not persist forever. David knew when He sinned or missed God, his spiritual barometer was his relationship to the Holy Ghost. He knew He had grieved Him, resisted Him, and quenched Him. His presence was interrupted.
The scripture says it is better to give than to receive, but we cannot give if we do not receive. Bottom line is a believer is a receiver. David knew when He entered His Presence, there was fullness of Joy! Out of your innermost being comes a flow of the Holy Ghost. He asked to know the truth in his innermost parts. This is worshipping in spirit and truth! Glory to God!
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