There is nothing wrong with getting drunk. It just depends on what you are drinking. Are you drinking in the spirit, getting filled with the spirit or are you letting something else, something earthly and natural intoxicate you. What you take in regularly, habitually is what fills you and it’s what comes out of you even in your lowest moments. When you are filled with the spirit, operating under the influence of the spirit will be easy.
On the day of Pentecost, the followers of Jesus numbering about one hundred and twenty received the Holy-Ghost. The spirit rested on each one of them like a balls of fire. They all began to speak in various languages as the spirit gave them utterance, from that time on, every time they would gather and pray, they would be filled with the spirit. There is one filling but many “fillings” as it were. Jesus spoke about this in John 7-38 that for anyone who believes in him, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. Acts 4-31 says that when the apostles had prayed that the place where they were was shaken and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
Ephesians 5:18 says that we must not be drunk with wine wherein is excess but we must be filled with the Spirit speaking, singing, and making melody in our heart to the Lord.
The Holy Spirit helps to change and transform your language. He aids in our “over sensitive and touchy nature” and makes us more accommodating . The Holy Spirit sanitizes your mind and makes you a person of a sharp and sound intellect. 2 Timothy 1-7 says we have not received the Spirit of timidity but of love, power and a sound mind. The Holy Spirit teaches you all things; nothing is beyond his scope of knowledge, science, technology, medicine, nature, spiritual wisdom and so on. If you ask him, if you walk with Him, if you treasure His ministry in your life, acknowledge His power and gift, you will never be dull or ignorant.
He takes us beyond ourselves. We speak words which the Holy Ghost teaches because He empowers us. He shows us things to come and tells us when and how to avoid pitfalls. He is heaven’s intelligence. I want to encourage you to relate with Him like the friend of friends. Let Him know your secret thoughts, be sincere with him and when or if you grieve Him, quickly repent and ask for forgiveness. Do not despise Him. He wants to walk with you in a fresher and newer way more than you can ever imagine. If you have received the Holy Spirit, fall in love with Him again and again. If you haven’t, ask the father for the Holy Spirit, He will fill you and you will never be the same again. Amen
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