Many Benefits!

Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. Proverbs 25:28 NIV

Picture it--a walled city with holes punctured by battering rams--and an entire army from the enemy coming through to either capture or kill those within the walls. Such is the person who is incapable of controlling themselves because they lack discipline--their lack of self-control allows the enemy to come through to capture or kill.

How does that end? The end result for anyone who lacks self-control is disaster--whether it is from a lack of self-control with eating, greed, speaking without thinking, drugs or alcohol, or stealing and lying--whatever it is that refuses to be disciplined in a person's life--will end in disaster.

But we yet have hope with receiving Holy Spirit into our lives! One of the many benefits of allowing Him room to reign in our hearts is self-control.

With Holy Spirit guiding us--we shower others with love, we know peace and joy, we are compassionate and kind, gentle in reprimands and corrections, but firm in our convictions and faith to do what is right and submitted to Holy Spirit's guidance to help us be in total control of what we say and do.

If our spirit-being has been ravaged by the holes punctured by the enemy, we may be setting ourselves for rejection by people and Holy Spirit's guidance. For when our spirits are low--we put our souls at risk when depression seeps in, and clouds of doubt about who we are and what we can do--creep through the holes and blind us to the truth--we are more than conquerors--not because of who we are, but because of who He is.

Perhaps, for some--it is time to allow those holes that have been punctured to be sealed with Holy Spirit so we can receive His many benefits and know wholeness and Holiness, not holeyness (full of holes).

Is it soup yet? Time is marching on and we don't know the day or the hour of His return, but we can live with the expectant hope of living with Him in glory, when we allow Him to live within while we wait. There are many benefits we can receive when we receive Holy Spirit and allow Him to reign.

Holy Spirit, You are welcome to take up residence in my heart, to guide me all the days of my life and to reign with full authority in teaching me--reminding me daily of God's Word--keeping me full of love and self-control.