I find myself reflecting on how easily we restrict and narrow our expectation of how the Holy Spirit will act. Sometimes He confirms and sometimes affirms. Sometimes He convicts and sometimes comforts. Sometimes He heals and at times empowers. But whichever manifestation He will undertake as He visits upon us, it is best if our expectancy is for Him to come to do whatever will take us deeper into the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, at the point and in the place that we find ourselves now. Then we will not be disappointed through failed aspirations, but instead discover through His work in our lives more of life in all its fullness.
For however He visits us, it is that we might discover deepened motivation and renewed resolve to live in worship of God as disciples of Jesus Christ. This is the goal of grace.
