Why am I grieving and hurting so much over the loss of a man I have never personally met? I believe many people are asking this question.

The Holy Spirit is our guarantee. God, the Father, sent His Son, Jesus, to die on a cross for our sins that separated us from Him. And when Jesus left this earth, He sent this guarantee of the Holy Spirit. This is the very Spirit of Christ that lives inside us. The Holy Spirit is what unites us as one Church. When the Holy Spirit grieves, we will feel that grief in the depths of our souls.

Human reasoning can be confusing sometimes. Although most of us have never met Charlie Kirk, many of us have never even heard of him (until now), we cannot deny the devastation and pain we are experiencing. Why? Because the same Spirit that lived in Jesus and lifted Him from the grave is the same Spirit that dwelt in Charlie Kirk as he walked this earth and was raised to new life with Jesus.

This same Living Spirit dwells in all those who say they believe Jesus walked this earth and died for our sins. This sacrifice closes the gap between a Holy God and our foolishness.

IMAGINE

If Jesus endured criticism and carried his cross with this same Spirit, if Charlie Kirk endured criticism and carried the cross of Christ with this same Spirit, imagine what we can do with this same Spirit in us!

It’s hard to shake the shock of Charlie Kirk’s death. This one hit deep. I am comforted by the Holy Spirit with this reminder that it is Jesus, it has always been Jesus, that unites us. We grieve together. And we will rise together because this same Spirit that led Jesus, that led Martin Luther King Jr., that led Charlie Kirk is living in us today. And if we’re still here, our Author and Creator is not done using us yet. That’s our guarantee!