Sermon Note: As The Spirit Moves

Often times, I talk out loud to God, especially when I am home alone.

While walking and talking and doing laundry and cleaning the kitchen, I paused to watch something on Mythbusters.  What I saw and the fact that God is so good that He would point out these natural thngs that have spiritual implications, has inspired me to capture these "Sermon Notes" as blog entries.

So from now on (or at least until I change it or forget) whenever you see a blog entry that starts with "Sermon Note", this is what it will be.

Okay, so I was watching an episode of Mythbusters where they are trying to fool the contraband sniffing dogs.  I watched most of the episode off and on, but the part that I stopped to watch was where they determined that they couldn't fool the dog so they switched to trying to full the handler.  So...they wrapped the contraband in a actual dirty diaper that had been sitting for a week, put it in a ziploc and then put it in a piece of luggage.  After a few moments the dog found the bag and gave the signal.  The handler (a man) started opening the bag, saw what it was and proceeded  to pull the contraband out. 

Insight gained.  The handler, knew the dog well enough to totally trust what he/she (the dog) said.  Even at the onset of what looked undesirable or potentially wrong, the handler went ahead with the task because he knew and trusted the dog.

As we know God more and more and trust Him more and more, we should get to the point where we recognize the move of the Spirit and then follow through.  Understand though that this isn't an instant development upon accepting Christ into your life, this is a process of developing a relationship with God through the Holy Spirit.  The play out of our lives, when viewed in retrospect, should show supporting evidence of who God is.  Thus, as we get to know God, we should be able to move confidently in the Spirit; doing what God would have us to do no matter the circumstance, no matter what it looks like.