May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13 NIV)
If it is true that you and I have been anointed of the Holy Spirit, as we ought
to be, our presence in this world ought to register something positive for God.
It ought to be impossible for us to come into this world, and go out of it,
without having registered something upon it. People in this world ought to feel
something when we are near them. The devil himself ought to take notice that,
because we are here under the Holy Spirit, Jesus is here. It is impossible for
Jesus to be anywhere without something happening, and now Jesus is here by the
Holy Spirit in believers. Therefore there ought to be nothing neutral about any
Christian....
The Holy Spirit is positive, and
not negative, and if the Holy Spirit is really Lord in our lives,
our lives will count for something. There will be an influence
from our lives which will be eternal. Thank God for the Holy
Spirit! Let us be sure to ask the Lord that the anointing shall
have a free way in our lives. The effect of the Holy Spirit may
be to condemn some people, and it may be to redeem others, but He
cannot be neutral, and if the anointing is upon you and upon me,
the devil will take account of it. May the Lord help us to see
that that may not be a bad thing! Do you want the devil to say:
"Oh, that man, that woman, does not matter. You need not bother
about him, or her!" I had a friend once who, whenever we were
parting and going our different ways, took hold of my hand and
said: "Goodbye, old man. The Lord make you a nuisance to the
devil!" Well, that is how it will be if the Holy Spirit is really
upon us, for that is how it was with the Lord Jesus.