The role of the Holy Spirit in our lives as Christians is important as breathing. Sometimes we are unaware of the Spirit’s functioning but it is never the less essential to our spiritual health. Wind is a symbol of the Holy Spirit and Jesus also spoke of the Spirit as rivers of living water. The Spirit is also expressed as fire. We discover that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are linked together as one.

The early church apparently had a simple understanding on this subject. They referred to the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Christ and even said the prophets were speaking by the Spirit of Christ. The last Book in the Bible talks about the sevenfold Spirit of God burning as lamps before the throne of God. Our Lord and Saviour is inseperably linked to the flame of the Holy Spirit.

As Jesus comes to us in the Person of the Holy Spirit we enter into the dynamic unity of God. He says to us “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you”. The Spirit of Christ is a reality!

As we live our Christian lives the Spirit of Christ is constantly available, we could even say in a modern day idiom… He is available 24 7. God’s desire is that we might experience the continual and powerful flow of the Spirit of Christ.

Ref. John 14:20-21, Romans 8:9-11. NIV.