I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I…
He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (Matthew 3:11)
I was thinking on those words this morning.
God, of course, wants our repentance.
But he doesn’t want us to stop there. He desires to do something more in us.
He desires to purge us with his refining fire and fill us with the power and presence of his Spirit. (Malachi 3:2-3; Acts 1:8)
This world is so broken.
And there are still broken parts in me.
But cracked vessel that I am, I believe God can and will use me to touch this broken world.
That’s what I’m praying for today.
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