A number of services over this week allow us to reflect on God as Spirit. The church has been busy all week with numbers of people, putting time and talent into making possible what will be for us a highly memorable Pentecost. All the activity emerges from a simple prayer "Come Holy Spirit, surprise us with Your Life."
Evangelicals and Protestants have at times been accused of forgetting God's Spirit. In contrast, listen to some words from the Nicene Creed (381), a widely accepted and well-used brief statement of the Christian Faith:
"I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who in unity with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified; and has spoken through the prophets."
These words remind us that as Christians we worship one God, made known to
us in the three Persons (Father, Son and Spirit), of the Tri-unity of God.
While we at Opawa have historically put emphasis and energy into our celebrations of Christmas and Easter, Pentecost gives us an opportunity to reflect on God as Holy Spirit.
How might God, the Spirit, the Giver of Life, become real to us this Pentecost? How does this God, this Giver of life, speak to us this year? What do the prophets of God tell us about this Giver of life?