(Psalm 42)
We have been here before.
But let's revise.
The spirit that is within us has been joined together with the Holy Spirit
And, that has profound implications
For our relationships
For the way we do church
For the way we relate to the world
Jesus who was God incarnate did not, by being in a body, restrict the expression of God.
Quite the opposite.
He was the "express image" of God, and as Philip was to discover,
Of the Father as well.
In all these relationships, when He touched, then the Holy Spirit touched.
Of course, we are His body now.
Imperfect, but loved.
So, how is the expression coming along?
In you. In me.
The psalmist had a good occupation - recognised for his skill
But this was nothing to him if he could not know the intimacy of being linked to his Saviour God.
He knew that it was from deep within him to deep within God that his life flowed.
Back and forth, a river of power, intimacy and life.
Like the roar of a waterfall...
God's Holy Spirit has been joined to our spirit
And it is this inner life that will sustain in the hard times
We need to give it space to grow.