Someone asked me a favor which moved me to write this article. This article does not intend to embarrass her; instead, this article serves as a way of thanking her because she pushed me to reflect and made me realize her faith to the power of the guidance of the Holy Spirit. She made me realize how I forgot the constant guidance of the Holy Spirit.She wants to look for a job and she was still working on it. She asked me to pray for her, asking the Holy Spirit to guide her. Then my reflection begins.
I then began to ask myself: Do we need to ask the guidance of the Holy Spirit? If God’s guidance to us is unconditional, why ask Him to guide us? Is it about the guidance of the Holy Spirit or is it about the person guided by the Holy Spirit? These questions bothered my mind and made me think deeper.
In our everyday life, we feel some anxieties to the extent that we don’t know what to do. We feel alone and need someone to cling to. Sometimes we feel that God does not love us and begin to think of our sins as reasons why. We feel that we are on our own and there is no way of mending our hearts except moving alone. But then we find many options that suggest us what to do. Then we became anxious of what to choose to. Finally, we pray and ask the Holy Spirit to embrace, enlighten, and guide us so that we can be at peace.
But we did not realize one thing; we did not realize the constant guidance of the Holy Spirit. We believe that God is always in our side to guide us; God is always there guiding us. Thus, we do not need to ask the Holy Spirit to guide us because He always guides us unconditionally; instead, we need to ask ourselves, “Am I listening to the Holy Spirit guiding me? Am I careful enough in my decisions?
The Holy Spirit does His part of guiding us, so we need not to pray for His guidance because it’s constant; instead, we need to reflect in prayer to know what and where the Holy Spirit is guiding us. It’s a matter of redirecting the way we pray and the way we behave as faithful. I don’t mean to neglect prayer. I only want to say that the Holy Spirit is doing His part; thus we also need to do our part that is, reflecting. We do not need to rush things as we always do. We need to sit, close our eyes, and reflect in prayer to find peace and see where the Holy Spirit guides us. By this way, in my opinion, we can find the Holy Spirit guiding us.
I then began to ask myself: Do we need to ask the guidance of the Holy Spirit? If God’s guidance to us is unconditional, why ask Him to guide us? Is it about the guidance of the Holy Spirit or is it about the person guided by the Holy Spirit? These questions bothered my mind and made me think deeper.
In our everyday life, we feel some anxieties to the extent that we don’t know what to do. We feel alone and need someone to cling to. Sometimes we feel that God does not love us and begin to think of our sins as reasons why. We feel that we are on our own and there is no way of mending our hearts except moving alone. But then we find many options that suggest us what to do. Then we became anxious of what to choose to. Finally, we pray and ask the Holy Spirit to embrace, enlighten, and guide us so that we can be at peace.
But we did not realize one thing; we did not realize the constant guidance of the Holy Spirit. We believe that God is always in our side to guide us; God is always there guiding us. Thus, we do not need to ask the Holy Spirit to guide us because He always guides us unconditionally; instead, we need to ask ourselves, “Am I listening to the Holy Spirit guiding me? Am I careful enough in my decisions?
The Holy Spirit does His part of guiding us, so we need not to pray for His guidance because it’s constant; instead, we need to reflect in prayer to know what and where the Holy Spirit is guiding us. It’s a matter of redirecting the way we pray and the way we behave as faithful. I don’t mean to neglect prayer. I only want to say that the Holy Spirit is doing His part; thus we also need to do our part that is, reflecting. We do not need to rush things as we always do. We need to sit, close our eyes, and reflect in prayer to find peace and see where the Holy Spirit guides us. By this way, in my opinion, we can find the Holy Spirit guiding us.
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