Cpt. Bud's Devotionals, 11-8-15: "The Holy Spirit"

"Come Holy Spirit" by Lance Brown
courtesy paintedchrist.com

We often say to others when we can't be there for them in physical presence, "I'll be there in spirit." But, of course, we're not. Our spirit remains with us. The Holy Spirit, however, unlike when we tell a friend we'll be there for him in spirit during his appearance on Divorce Court, is Jesus Christ – God from the beginning, God in the flesh, the eternal High Priest and Mediator between the unapproachable holiness of God and the sinfulness of man – literally here with us in Spirit!
While we long for our own spirit to comfort our friend while he is berated on national TV for sleeping with his soon-to-be ex-wife's sister, the Holy Spirit actually does this, if the adulterer has allowed Jesus into his heart, and therefore allowed His Spirit to be with him, and in him. The Holy Spirit can wrap His arms around the man whose head hangs in shame, and tell him with or without audible words that it's going to be alright, that he can press on, and that He will fill him with the bread of life to help him overcome his unfaithfulness – the presence of a God so holy and glorious that seeing Him would render one dead, now present in Spirit (a word meaning "breath") because He was once also present in flesh, and will someday return.
OHMS,
Cpt. Bud Sturguess
"Come near to Me, hear this:
I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
from the time that it was, I was there.
And now the Lord GOD and His Spirit
have sent Me."
-Isaiah 48:16