On Friday morning, I was meeting with someone about a potential job opportunity. Something that this person said has stuck with me since. He said, “how cool would it be to have a job where your mission is to help set people’s hearts on fire?” Regardless of what our jobs are or where we are at in life, that is the mission for all of us. With the Holy Spirit, we can work to help spread the fire of God’s love.
This past weekend, the Church celebrated Pentecost. This feast marks the Holy Spirit descending on the apostles, giving them courage to go out and spread the Gospel. The apostles were emboldened in their mission to share Jesus with others. This mission was not just for the apostles, long ago. We too have this mission and it is only by being filled with the Holy Spirit that we can do this.
In order to share Jesus with others, we need to have the fire in our own hearts. In prayer, we can ask the Holy Spirit to set our hearts on fire, to increase the flame so it burns brighter. We must ask ourselves, does my life reflect that of someone who is on fire with the Holy Spirit? If not, how can the flame be ignited? How can the fire be increased?
Each of us has a mission to carry out. And that mission is to help spread the fire for God. We must be like the apostles, ready to share our faith and help others to encounter the transformative power of God’s love. My prayer for each of us today is that we would invite the Holy Spirit into our lives in a deeper way and ask for His guidance to be a bold witness of our faith. Holy Spirit, fill us with your love, set our hearts ablaze, and help us spread the fire to those around us.
Faith and The Good Stuff 