In this video from the Discerning the Voice of God Bible study, Priscilla Shirer uses the experiences she had in gymnastics to explain how the Holy Spirit works in our lives.
when I was growing up I was in
gymnastics that was one of the many
activities that I wore my parents out
doing when I was growing up there were
four of us and all of us were in
different activities whether it was
track and field or volleyball or
basketball football all of it and I was
in gymnastics for a while I did it as
long as I could till I got to tall
towering over all of the the real
gymnasts the little short sweet real
gymnast and I loved all of the
activities that were a part of or all
the events that were part of gymnastics
but I got to tell you one of my
favorites was the balance beam I enjoyed
the balance beam I was a little too tall
and lanky for it to really get really
good at it but I enjoyed messing around
on the balance beam and I remember that
I would stand one foot in front of the
other trying to Center myself trying to
get some equilibrium so that I could
stay upright and what I recall the most
about that event was my coach my coach
would always go and he would rarely
stand head-on
looking at me from the side where he
could see the entire beam and me
standing in the center of it most of the
time he would often go to the back side
of the beam where he could see it in a
single-file and he would look very
intently down the single file of the or
the alignment of the balance beam and he
was looking not mostly to see if my feet
were on the beam correctly what he was
looking for was to check to make sure
the alignment of the rest of my body was
centered with where my feet were he was
trying to see if my hips were shifted
into the right place if my shoulders
were in the right place if my neck if my
head was centered in the right place he
would not give me any further
instructions about what the next most
difficult thing I could do was the next
flip that I could turn the next spin
that I could make he wouldn’t give me
any further instructions until first he
knew that everything was in alignment he
knew that I could hurt myself if he gave
me any further instructions before I got
everything lined up exactly the way that
it needed to be you and I are not called
to perfection hallelujah
but the holy spirit stands back and
sometimes the whispers the impressions
that he gives us the first Inklings that
we have of God’s work in ours in our
life
it’s because he’s watching us and he
just wants to see if there’s an area of
pride that needs to be realigned if
there’s an area of fear that the enemy
is using to cause you to be disjointed
in some way from the will of God he
wants to realign that in your life if
your ego is standing in the way if he
wants to make sure that there’s no
intimidation that the enemy is using
against you to keep something out of
alignment in your life if there’s
something you’re holding on to too
tightly that he knows that you’re gonna
need to just loosen your grip a little
bit so that the spirits bill at bidding
you’ll be willing to let go sometimes he
withholds some directions until first he
makes sure that your alignment is
squared away
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