Homing Pigeon - The Holy Spirit is Our Messenger

Homing Pigeons were high classified messengers during the war.  They sent messages from one person to another on the same team. It was done so other teams couldn’t find out what was going on. Why?   Because the enemy had found ways to intercept the good guys messages. They would tap into the phones, radio frequencies, or even use a spy that would end up being a double agent. So, during war time the  homing pigeons had become a special communicator for the good guys. We thank you Lord for the special communicator for the good guys in war time by creating the homing pigeon.
 
There’s GOOD NEWS for us! Jesus sent us our special communicator.  He’s called the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit we communicate with the   Father in “Jesus” name. The Holy Spirit is just like the homing pigeon, but even better. The Holy Spirit receives our request and sends it to the Father. The Father then sends a response back to us. The only thing is most of the time the communication only works one way. Why is this? Usually the sender (us) sends out our message but never seems to be patient enough to wait and receive a return message.  Today, we enter into our throne (war) room and give our petition to the Lord but we never allow time for us to stay there long enough to receive our returned message on what to do. Just like the war time when communication was good from sender to receiver and back to sender things got done and it was done right but when communications got broken up it went bad and things got very chaotic.  The same goes for all of those who follow the Lord. When we communicate well our blessings start coming to us. When we default and forget to wait on a return, we get jumpy and do things on our own and chaos begins to take place. Let’s get ourselves back into position with our messenger Jesus has sent us again.
 
The Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus to everyone. Yes, Everyone! This means the Holy Spirit is drawing everybody to Jesus for Salvation. How do we know this look at John 15:26-27 “26) But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27) And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Look at the two underlined sections. This clearly says the he is testifying Jesus to everyone. We just need to be open to receive that message from the Holy Spirit or those who the Holy Spirit is working through for us to hear that message of truth. Remember Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”. God created everyone. This means God loves everyone and wants them to be a part of his family.
 
The Father and Jesus made certain we had a way for an open communication. So Jesus said the Father would send us the comforter which is the Holy Spirit for us to receive. So, today we have the Holy Spirit for our communication. Look at John 14:26 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” Now, we can see that the Holy Spirit is a  messenger for us today.
 
How do we begin our communication with the Lord? Let’s take a strong look at Hebrews 4:16 “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Can you see it? We have to go to him in prayer. This starts the communication gap. The real problem is we don’t stay long enough to receive an  answer even though it’s real easy for us to send a message. We need to look at 1Peter 5:7 it talks about casting all of our cares on him. This very scripture starts when we enter into our throne (war) room. It also refers to sending a message. The ending of that verse says God cares about us. That means we need to listen because he really wants to give us an answer.  Remember what John 14:26 says. God does have a plan for our life whether we are a minister or not. How do we know? Look at Habakkuk 2:1-3 “1) I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2) And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3) For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” these scriptures tell us we need to wait and receive our message from him. It also tells us to be patient. So, now we can see a full cycle of communication through these scriptures.
 
How can the communication be broken? Remember the beginning of John 10:10. Our enemy comes and what? He comes to steal, kill and destroy. Now, don’t forget the ending The Holy Spirit reminds us Jesus gave us life and our blessings. So, let’s not forget to wait. The enemy already has does enough damage. Let’s get back to waiting for a response from the Lord.
 
Closing with this John 16:7 says this “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” This is the time we have to believe by faith that our communication gap does work and Jesus truly sent the Holy Spirit to be our messenger.
 

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