The Holy Spirit's dwelling place is inside of the believer. "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Christ from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." (Rom.8:9) As He is in the believer He also communes with the believer. He is the believer's guide, tutor and senior partner.
The Holy Spirit will connect the believer with other people in order to reveal the Kingdom of God. He will prompt or nudge the believer to initiate connection. The language of His promptings will resonate with who you are. He will speak in the way that a believer will recognise, for example in the language of your familiarity and experience. He spoke to the apostle Peter in a language that Peter recognised from his own past. Peter seemed to respond to things in multiples of three. He wanted to build three tabernacles on the Mount of Transfiguration. He denied Jesus three times. Jesus affirmed him three times on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. He was shown the same vision three times (Acts 10) and one of the results of receiving that vision was that three men met him on his own doorstep! Peter recognised the promptings of the Spirit.
The promptings of the Spirit are always to help connect people with God Himself. They are never for personal aggrandisement or ego. His promptings generally take the shape of a direction that is clear and concise. In Acts 8, Philip was urged to "go to a desert road in the south". Then he was urged to "overtake a chariot" on the desert road. His promptings are always for the now moment. He doesn't give the full picture but He gives enough information to take the next step. When Philip drew alongside the Ethiopian who was driving the chariot, he saw that he was reading from Isaiah and then Philip asked him "do you understand what you are reading?" The Spirit connected Philip with the Ethiopian. The Holy Spirit will give the believer what is required to connect - no more, no less. This can be problematic for the person who likes to know all the facts beforehand. His promptings are not based on what we need to know. They are based on what He knows. The believer is simply required to trust and obey.
The Holy Spirit will prepare the receiver to respond to an initiative. The Ethiopian was wanting help. People who are 'being prepared' are people who want help. The Holy Spirit will prepare hearts and minds to receive Himself just as much as He will embolden the believer to act on a prompting. Knowing what He does to prepare all parties gives the believer confidence to trust Him all the way. Therefore there are no grounds to be fearful or intimidated in terms of how the receiver might react.
God the Holy Spirit will prepare both parties. In Acts 10, He prepared Peter's heart to receive Gentiles and He prepared the hearts of Gentiles to receive Peter, a Jew. Obedience to these promptings resulted in a critical mindset and heart change about the universality of the gospel of grace - that the gospel of grace is designed for all people. He acts collectively for the good of all. The promptings of the Holy Spirit are like doorways. They will invite people into God's lounge room. They will help a person both meet and receive Jesus. The impact of obeying a prompting from Him can change the course of not just one person but a family, a community and even a nation.
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