Speaking My Language

“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them…a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.” Acts 2: 4, 6

Following the Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon more than 100 disciples enabling them to carry the message of Christ throughout the world. Many people were there from many different parts of the region who spoke different languages. The Holy Spirit’s indwelling enabled different languages to be instantly spoken and understood.

Spiritually speaking we also can speak the heart languages through the Holy Spirit enabling others to understand the message of hope and God’s faithfulness. I see this theory come to reality in my Griefshare group. There is a bond between us that only can be felt, communicated and understood through the shared pain of losing a loved one. With the Holy Spirit in our midst there is a clear understanding of the message between all of us.

I have a language I can speak in another ‘region’ of my life which involves the heartbreak and challenges of drug addiction. That is a language that can only be spoken in the hearts of those who have walked that nightmare. Each of us will experience the shared communication between ourselves and others as circumstances mandate different adversities. We can each minister to the other with the conduit of the Holy Spirit enabling truth and understanding between the Body of Christ. This is our promise once we have accepted Christ as Lord and Savior. His Spirit will indwell, enable and provide understanding in our search for interpretation.

We all carry within us the power of the Lord and ministries of healing as we reach out to others. As a group linked by similar adversities we come together and in bewilderment understand the journey of each other’s pain as we 'speak each other's language.'