Happy Halloween

Many Christians have been avoiding Halloween for a long time. Seems to me it might be better to use the costumes and conversations already happening to talk about our faith, rather than retreat into it.

For example...

Hearing Voices?
   --Adam and Eve heard the voice of God speak in the Garden.
   --Samuel, while growing up in the care of Eli, heard God call him by name.
   --Job, after calling God to task in prayer, heard God respond.
   --Shepherds, outside the little village of Bethlehem, heard angels praising God in the sky.
   --Jesus Himself said his "sheep" would hear and recognize His voice.

Seeing Apparitions? Yep, this one can freak you out!
   --Isaiah saw God, dressed in a massive robe.
   --Ezekiel saw a wheel spinning in the sky.
   --Saul consulted the witch of Endor in hopes of meeting with Samuel, who was dead.

   --The disciples thought, when they saw Jesus walking on water, that He was a ghost.

Being Possessed? This is my favorite!
   --Remember the demon-possessed man? Jesus cast out demons and they went into pigs to took a flying leap.
   --Or another demon-possessed man? The one that lived in a cemetery and they couldn't keep him tied up, so he ran around naked and cut himself?
   --But on the other side of things, quite astoundingly, you and I--if we are believers--are possessed by a Spirit too. The old King James version translates 1 Corinthians 6:19 this way: "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"

So on this Halloween, let's choose to live like we're possessed by a Holy Ghost. 

Happy Halloween, Spirit-filled Christ followers!