365 Ways to Know God by Elmer Towns
(Devotional Readings on the Names of God)
NOVEMBER 10
THE HOLY SPIRIT: YOUR GOOD SPIRIT
“You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold Your
manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst” (Nehemiah 9:20).
The Holy Spirit is the Good Spirit of God. He is called “good” because that’s His nature.
Goodness is the absolute personification of all positive attributes. All that’s good in the world
comes from God. Creating the world was a good thing to do, and when each aspect was
completed, “God saw . . . that it was good” (Gen. 1:4). The first parents spoiled the good world through their sin, but God constantly came back to do good things for the human race. That means when you mess up, He can come back to do good things for you. Ask God to fill you with good things and use you this day.
God, You are great and You are good. Forgive me of my sins,
and come do good things for me today.
The Holy Spirit is the Good Spirit. God is not made good by any good thing in the world; but
things become good by Him. He will breathe goodness upon the world when people allow Him to do so. He will touch your life with goodness when you seek Him. Your good works will not save you (see Ephesians 2:8, 9), nor will they make you good. You become good when you live in the Holy Spirit and let His goodness make you good.
Holy Spirit, I choose goodness. I want the perfection of Your divine nature to fill my
heart and make me good. I want to do the highest good today. Amen.
Reading: Nehemiah 9:20-27
Key Thought: The Holy Spirit will do good things for you.
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