Bubbling Over

# 124 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 10:5b,6 "you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying. 6 "Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 1 Sam 10:5b,6) Prophets? Sounds more like our modern day contemporary worship bands. These guys are coming down from the mountaintop on a spiritual high. Their very tongues have been actuated by a divine Spirit. This is the definition of the Hebrew word used here for “prophet.” As they move down the mountain, playing their musical instruments they are “prophesying.” The idea of the word “prophesying” here is that the divine Spirit, (the Holy Spirit) was causing them to bubble up, to pour forth words, in this case in song. I remember a time when a neighbor friend of mine and I attended a Sunday night prayer gathering at our church. We would pray, sing, and discuss the Word of God at these weekly meetings. Once after we had attended one of these meetings, we returned home and were chatting outside our houses and a neighbor approached us. Later on he would tell us that he was drawn toward us because of a visible glow around us. Shortly after this incident this neighbor gave His life to Christ. To my knowledge, this never happened again to me or my neighbor, but my unbelieving neighbors' encounter with two guys who were bubbling over with the Holy Spirit changed his life, much as Saul's life was changed by his encounter with these bubbling over prophets. This bubbling over is not something you or I can manufacture on our own, but it doesn't hurt to put ourselves in a position to receive it. Maybe we should consider meeting together with God more often than Sunday mornings. Just saying.