Daily Reading: 5-18-16
Luke 1:26-38 New Living Translation (NLT)
In our devotional yesterday, we read about how the Spirit reveals God’s goodness; God is a Giver who provides everything we need to live in spiritual victory. If we lay hold of spiritual victory by welcoming the work of the Spirit, God’s glory will flow into every area of our lives; an inside to outside process. The Spirit will supernaturally overshadow our human condition and ability. I don’t know about you, but I confess my great need for the Spirit to overshadow my soul and what I bring to the table of life. I have a great desire to accomplish or fulfill more than I could ever do on my own.
I love the angel’s prophetic message to Mary. I am even comforted that she is confused by the Word of the Lord to her heart. Why? It means the Spirit is overshadowing her. When the Spirit is working in our lives, we may not be able to grasp spiritual things until they are revealed in the natural. That is when our love for God and our faith in the work of the Spirit of Truth must sustain us.