1 Samuel 23:1-24:22; Isaiah 62:1-63:14; Romans 6:15-7:6
Be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
My imagination was captured by an article written by Dr. Steve Price on the filling of the Holy Spirit. He says the word “filled” used here is a nautical term, very familiar to the Ephesian readers who lived beside the Aegean Sea. This “filling” refers to the sails of a vessel billowing out when completely embracing the wind. Paul urges us to be filled with the Spirit, so that just as the sailboat is powered by the wind alone, we too should open wide our spiritual sails to the filling of the Spirit each day, allowing His wisdom to direct our thoughts, His power to guide our activities, His purposes to determine our priorities, His life to suffuse ours. —Marilyn MacMullen
More about Jesus would I know, more of His grace to others show;
More of His saving fullness see, more of His love who died for me. —Eliza Hewitt