The Spirit

The Spirit is rain from heaven to make the desert bloom like a rose. He is the water of Meribah that bursts out when Moses strikes the Rock that is Christ. Moses’s words drop as rain and distil as dew, and the king who walks by the Spirit is like rain upon the mown grass. The Spirit rains from the throne of God and becomes a river that turns the Dead Sea fresh.

The Spirit is the oil flowing from the head of the new Aaron, down his beard, down to the skirts of his garments, anointing us as priests and kings in the greater Melchizedek. He is the oil that burns in the lampstand set on a hill to shine in the darkness, and he is the flame of that oil. The Spirit is the fragrant oil mixed with frankincense that makes us an aroma of life unto life and death unto death.

So: Follow the Spirit. Walk in the rhythm of the Spirit. Sing in the Spirit. Pray with the Spirit. Be filled with the Spirit. Sow to the Spirit. Reap from the Spirit. Preserve the unity of the Spirit. Be borne by the Spirit. Cling to the Spirit. Breathe in the Spirit, and breathe him out. Drench yourself in the Spirit. Drink the Spirit, and be drunk by him.

In all your getting, get the Spirit. Keep the Spirit, and trust him to keep you.