Becoming a Willing Servant

2 Corinthians 3:6 He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. It is not an agreement of written laws, but it is of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

Perhaps you’ve heard of enzymes, but do you recall what they do? Well, they’re proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. In fact, in some cases, the reaction can’t even take place without the enzyme.

No, fortunately you haven’t stumbled into a high school science class … just a bit of a parable. Enzymes are amazing. They don’t participate in the chemical reaction but they make it possible and speed it up.

And in a very real sense, that’s what the Holy Spirit does in our lives. He makes possible and accelerates things that should be going on, but that somehow on our own we don’t seem to be able to make happen.

2 Corinthians 3:6 He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. It is not an agreement of written laws, but it is of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

Everything God tells us to do is good for us. And the things He tells us not to do (and there aren’t all that many of those) … well, that makes sense too. So why is it, pray tell, that we can’t seem to be able to do the things He tells us to do, and stay away from the things He tells us not to do? Enter the Holy Spirit. Enter the enzyme, the catalyst towards holiness, towards obedience – that makes the reaction possible and speeds it up.

He makes us able to be His servants. Not by following the rules, but by His Spirit. Because the law brings death, but the Spirit gives life!

That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.