Filling vs. Cleaning

Many people approach their relationship with God through religion, all the while ignoring or quenching the still small voice of the Holy Spirit (Mar 3:28-29). Jesus delivered stern warnings to people who relied on religion. He compared them to someone who exercises an evil spirit from their lives and then attempts to put his own house in order. Because they don’t fill the void, the spirit returns with his buddies and the religious person is worse off than before. Before he was an obvious sinner, now he is a self-righteous hypocrite. Knowing God is not so much about “cleaning up” as it is about “filling up.” If you are so filled with the Holy Spirit, pursuing his calling and purpose for you, then the rest of your life will fall in line. Walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the deeds of the flesh (Gal 5:16). Your life in Christ should be a pursuit of the positive rather than an avoidance of the negative. Seek first His kingdom and all these things shall be added to you (Mat 6:33).