Are You a Charismatic?

I just had this thought in my head thinking about the so-called 'open-but-cautious' group. ( I think I've been there, although with all honesty I think a more appropriate term would be 'open-but-terrified'.) I was thinking, it's not such a bad group to be in if it's a transitional time. Whether or not it's a transition into the power and manifest presence of God depends on our true heart's desire. It's a scary thing to step out and throw your arms up in the air to cry out 'God, do whatever you want to me , in me, through me!' and I can't blame anyone for being a little nervous about the results. But I believe that if we do this, there will be impossible to ignore results! Why? Because this kind of surrender can only flow out of true faith--utter dependency on our God who we know to be utterly trustworthy.

So maybe I'm still in the open-but-terrified group more often than I care to think about. Am I really willing to yield to the Holy Spirit all of myself all of the time? Are you?

I want to be...