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IV. The Holy Spirit Stirs Up Our Gifts The Holy Spirit stirs up a person along the line of the gift He has bestowed on him. He stirs the inner man, our spirit. He does not pick us up and force us into the doing of things, nor will He make a pugilist out of us, or a mere machine to employ us against our will, desires, or co-operation. The divine fervor and energy of the Spirit upon our spirits are absolutely essential in the ministry. Without this divine fervor and energy, human energy, enthusiasm, and power fall short and accomplish nothing. The Holy Spirit furnishes this divine fervor and spiritual energy which greatly moves our spirits. V. The Stirring Up of Our Gifts The stirring of the Holy Spirit is indispensable, but it is not sufficient in itself to accomplish the work of the Lord. We need to work in co-operation with the Holy Spirit when He operates in our behalf. There needs to be a human stirring, a human enthusiasm, and a fervency, even a stirring up of ourselves and our gifts. When the Holy Spirit stirs our spirits, and we do not catch the inspiration and stir ourselves into action, nor allow the divine fervency of the Spirit to operate through us, the stirring of the Spirit will not avail, neither accomplish the desired results. Neither is the divine stirring apart from the human fervency and action satisfactory or sufficient to accomplish God's will. On the other hand, human fervency independent of the Holy Spirit's fervency is not adequate or competent to accomplish the work and will of the Lord. It requires both the stirring of the Holy Spirit and the stirring of our spirits in co-operation and unity with each other to accomplish the work of the Lord. The Holy Spirit does not possess a body; therefore, He moves upon our spirits. When He moves upon the spirit of man, which is so vitally related and connected with the soul ("anima" Lat.), and the soul to the body ("corpus" Lat.), there needs to be a co-operation between the spirit, soul, and body to become the outlet of the divine operations of the Holy Spirit in man. When the Holy Spirit stirs the spirit of man, then the spirit moves the soul, the soul then needs to bring the body into action to carry out the leadings of the Spirit. When the moving of the Holy Spirit upon the human spirit is not obeyed, the spiritual fervor will die. His moving leads to an acceleration of the spirit upon the soul, which often seems to accelerate the body. When His leadings are suppressed it may lead a person to receive what might be called the "thumps." To illustrate this truth, let us give this as an example: In a testimony meeting the Spirit of the Lord comes on an individual, and inwardly he is blessed, stirred, and wrought upon to give a testimony. When the believer does not respond, but suppresses the inward moving, it even affects the physical and the heart seems to pound heavily. What is taking place is, the Holy Spirit is moving the spirit, then the spirit is stirring the soul to move the body to get up and give expression to the movings of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will not pick up and force the body to speak forth His message and the praises of God, but that is left up to the will and operations of man. Paul admonished Timothy not to neglect the gift that was within him. A gift may be neglected by not giving self to the exercise of that gift, by failing to pray for its improvement, or by giving no attention to its possession, or concern to its development. Paul also admonished Timothy to stir up the gift that was within him. The way to stir up a gift within is to use it, study the Bible, become more holy, study to become more efficient in the ministry, and in the employment of the Scriptures and prayer.
VI. The Skillful Employment of Our Gifts Gifts may be increased, and by the exercise or use of them, we become more skillful in their employment. In the parable of the talents, one man increased his five talents to ten. In the parable of the pounds, each servant received just one pound, but one servant increased his pound to ten. Everyone should pray much along the line of his gift, then study along the same line to qualify for the line of his calling. We should not become careless, or take an indifferent attitude as though it were not our concern, but only the concern of the Holy Spirit, and if He wants to use us and bless us He may do so. Every person called should try to secure the best training along the line of his calling. To illustrate this truth: Let everyone called to be a missionary qualify himself to the best of his own ability for the field to which he is called. In almost every case, every recipient of a call knows the field in which he is to labor. The thing to do is to study his Bible well, become a qualified speaker, make a study of the country where he is going, the geography, climate, industries, and language. He should prepare himself as though everything depended on his preparation, then he should study as though everything depended on his studying, and he should work as though his success depended on his working, then he should pray as though his success depended entirely on his praying, then believe God as though everything depended on his faith and God's undertaking. When all of these steps are taken, God will do His part and that person will become a success in the line of his calling. When a person is called to become an evangelist, he should do all he can to help the Lord in that calling. In doing so, he should study and secure those books which will make him more efficient, then pray and depend on the Holy Spirit to make him successful. Everyone called to be a pastor should diligently study the Bible, take courses in Bible exposition, theology, homiletics, pastoral theology, Sunday school work, and those subjects which will make him efficient and qualify him for the pastoral office. And so with every line of the Lord's work. The person called should give himself fully to his calling and strive to do his best with the help of the Lord to become a success, to become more skillful in the employment of his gift, that he may become a greater blessing. VII. The Holy Spirit Blesses the Exercise of Our Gifts The Holy Spirit knows what gift He has given us and will bless us in the exercise of that gift. We may always receive the blessing of God upon our labors and lives when we are obedient to our calling. It has been well said, "The promises of God hang over the purposes of God." When we are in the purpose of God, we may by faith appropriate the fulfillment of the promises of God upon our efforts because there is promised to us sufficient grace and faith for the exercise of our gifts. It is our privilege and God's will that we shall specialize in the line of our calling, and specialize in our prayers for special success. *************************************
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