Luke 2:21-27
"Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required..."
The birth of Jesus Christ was closely related to the Holy Spirit. Luke chapters 1 and 2 mentioned different types of work by the Spirit seven times. Simeon was a man who's filled by the Holy Spirit, and it was evident in three ways:
1. Holy Spirit resided in him, so he had the presence of the Holy Spirit with him. This is the most basic work by the Holy Spirit on the believers. When someone accepts the Lord, the Holy Spirit resides in his life and will never leave him. The presence of the Holy Spirit is an assurance to the believers, for it verifies that we belong to God. Many brothers and sisters don't understand this truth and often have questions about it: If the Holy Spirit is with us when we accept the Lord, then why do we need to pray for the Holy Spirit to come? That's because even though the Spirit is inside us, but He might not be able to move within you freely, much like being frozen inside and cannot do anything.
2. Revelation from the Holy Spirit, for we ought to learn to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit in everything. 1 John 2:27 says that "As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him." The anointing of the Lord can direct you in everything that you do, and the Spirit inside can speak to us in our life, but have we calmed down in order to listen to His voice?
3. Following the moving of the Holy Spirit. When Simeon was moved by the Holy Spirit and he knew he was going to meet Savior Messiah, he didn't simply sit tight and wait. Many people only know how to wait, but forget about action. Simeon was moved by the Spirit, so he followed the Spirit to the temple, where he encountered Jesus. If he didn't follow the moving of the Spirit, he might have missed the opportunity. Very often, it is not that the Holy Spirit didn't prompt us, but we were quick to extinguish the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes the Spirit reminds you to make a call and pay someone a visit, but you miss the opportunity given by God and thus miss the opportunity to experience God's abundance.
How in the Holy Spirit in your life today? Do you just have the presence of the Holy Spirit inside, or are you just enjoying the fellowship with Holy Spirit? The most important thing is to be sensitive to the moving of the Spirit, and to follow the Spirit in order to accomplish God's work.
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