Fuel for Faith – Seeing with Spirit-Filled Eyes

At Myrtle House Community Church this Sunday, we continued exploring the powerful theme, “Don’t rely on the naked eye.” This week’s message encouraged us to move one step further — to believe what we see when God opens our spiritual eyes.

We read together the story of Pentecost from Acts 2 — a moment that changed everything. The disciples were told by Jesus to wait until they received the Holy Spirit, the power that would enable them to be His witnesses. When the Holy Spirit came, He arrived with a sound like a mighty wind and what looked like flames of fire resting on each of them.

Why fire? Because all throughout Scripture, fire represents the power and presence of God. From Moses’ burning bush to the fire on the altar, God’s fire always points to His holiness, His presence, and His transforming power.

The disciples didn’t see the fire on their own heads, but they could see it on each other. That’s a powerful truth for us today — sometimes we can’t see what God is doing in our own lives, but others can. When we see the fire of God in someone’s eyes, their words, or their faith, it ignites something in us too.

Like Aaron in Numbers 16, who stood between the living and the dead with fire from the altar, we are called to stand in the gap for our generation — filled with the Spirit and carrying the fire of God wherever we go.

When the Holy Spirit fills us, we can’t stay in our “holy huddle.” We are called to go out and share what God has poured into us — to manifest His love, His goodness, and His power in a world that desperately needs Him.

As 1 Peter 2:9 reminds us, “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.”

People should be able to rely on what they see in us — the evidence of the Holy Spirit at work. That looks like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22).

When we’re filled with the Spirit, we experience the Father’s embrace, a fearless joy, and a boldness to stand between the living and the dead. We become lights in the darkness — living testimonies of God’s transforming power.

The challenge for each of us is this:
Don’t rely on the naked eye, but trust what God is showing you through His Spirit. Believe what you see when His fire is burning in your life and in the lives of others.

Let the Holy Spirit fill you again and again. Let His presence change how