| “By day the Lord directs his love…” |
| —Psalm 42:8a |
As we walk the pathway of life, God has imbued us with His power through the in-dwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Thus, we are daily prompted to serve God, as instruments of His mercy, grace, and love, to those who will benefit from God’s special touch.
Each day people cross our pathway who need God’s love. Made in the image of God, they do not yet know Him personally. They do not know about the great gift He has given them through the birth, life, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension of His precious only Son, Jesus. Therefore, as God leads us to those who need to experience the love of God, we become conduits of His vital, intimate presence.
The Holy Spirit uses us to demonstrate the depth of God’s love to those He is irresistibly drawing to Himself. By coming along side these dear ones, we become testimonies of what God can do for someone He calls to Himself. If we remain sensitive to God’s leading, we will sense when He is directing us to represent Him to those around us. We will sense the gentle nudge of the Holy Spirit that tells us to speak words of His love into the lives of those He brings into our sphere of influence. The Psalmist expresses this reality in Psalm 42:8:
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
My prayer for each of us: May the Holy Spirit lead us to someone who needs to experience the love of God flowing through us as genuine instruments of His mercy and grace. And, may we joyfully respond when the Holy Spirit prompts us to do so.
Originally posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2015
