Once we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are consumed and filled with the Holy Spirit.  He is much like a bodyguard or better yet a soul guard.  He is prepared to do battle for us and He is also there to love on us.  He can even pray for us when we can not or do not know what to pray for.  There are so many of us with the Holy Spirit in us but rarely do we utilize His services like we should.  The amazing thing is as humans, even with God in us, we still choose our own god(self).  Every choice we make in “self” is like a hammer shattering a plane of glass.  Every hope and dream we try and obtain on our own and without God is shattered.  Notice I did not mention success, because we know in this world you can have “success” and not know or believe in God.  Our hopes and dreams come from our souls and they are the desires that were woven into our minds when God created us.  I have not only experienced the shattered glass in my choices, but I took it one step further and walked barefoot around all those shards just prolonging my stubbornness and selfishness.  The image of the Hammer(Holy Spirit) striking down on that glass and shattering it is a vision my mind can see and hear clearly.  It is such a chaotic and violent sound and there is no order.  The glass is broken and spread out across a vast area.  When we try and live this life alone, this is how our thoughts end up. The glass has no chance against the Hammer!

However, when we choose to finally surrender and allow the God in us, the one true Lover of us, who consumed our all when we said yes to him, Victory begins.  When this happens and the Hammer begins its violent descent upon us, it is like the forging of Iron.  The same velocity used to shatter the glass simply shapes the iron.  Jesus lets us know that iron sharpens iron and if we allow the Holy Spirit to reign, He will make us strong.  When we allow the Holy Spirit to be our frontman we are molded and protected by the impact He(The Hammer) makes in our life.  As he continues to forge us He reminds us to hold true to the power and strength of what He offers and not turn to the weakness and chaos of the shattered glass.  The shattered glass is what we are use to.  We love to go places we know even if they are dangerous.  The truth is as The Holy Spirit forges the iron, God shows me He Loves me so much that once I say yes to Him my sins are forgiven and forgotten.  The impact of “The Hammer” on my life is clear and expressed with power and majesty in:

1st Corinthians 13:4-7

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Now what resonates in my heart and soul is the beginning of verse 8 which says “Love Never Fails!” Amen.

This lesson has impacted me the most as I am learning what Agape love is.  I have been so selfish in my life that I have always, even subconsciously, expected something in return.  I can say that I am now better at loving just to give through prayer and humility.  I know this love I am experiencing is real because I seriously just want happiness for them, regardless if they will be a part of my life or not.  I want them to be healed of their pain and prayer for their favor and happiness.  I honestly for the first time in my life, where I usually would NOT do this, I am doing this for them and not me.  There are few I have met that I have prayed for their salvation and a hope they can meet someone to share Christ with them.  Jesus is teaching me and breaking me and it’s all so new to me.  You see my friends the honest truth is I have never truly been in love and now for the first time I think I am.  He is becoming my everything and as He pours into me He opens my eyes to those around me.  I do realize Loving like God is about truly giving and  not receiving or expecting something in return.  It is pouring into others and then rest assured God will pour back into me.  He is my return, He is my expectation, He is my Gift!  As I am learning to put my hope in Him, I am realizing that I love well and I battle when I start to “feel” the pull like I should get something.  I am putting my childish ways behind me and asking Jesus and the Holy Spirit to show me how to Love.  I am learning not to put my hope or validation in people but in every situation turn to Him and Holy Spirit.  Making sure that everything I do is for His glory.  I do surrender all of me to Him and simply say with conviction ” I’M ALL IN!”  Let me finish with my new life verse from the Great 8… Romans 8 that is! And it’s:

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. AMEN

One Love, One King, All Christ!