The Holy Spirit is like Vitamin A. Vitamin A promotes healthy vision so we may see clearly, boosts the immune system that protects us from disease, aids in fetal devolopment so that infants may mature, and helps build strong bones which give strength and form to the human body. A severe deficiency of vitamin A can lead to blindness.
Know therefore, that the Holy Spirit illuminates the dark areas of our lives to give us clear vision of God’s purposes for us. The Holy Spirit alerts and protects us from physical and spiritual danger. Believers grow to maturity in faith through the influence of the Holy Spirit so that one no longer needs milk but matures to solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food is for the mature, who by practice have trained themselves to distinquish good from evil. The Holy Spirit builds a stong foundation which gives strength in righteousness. Without the Holy Spirit, one is spiritually blind and wanders around aimlessly in darkness.
Vitamin A cannot be seen with the naked eye. Can you imagine cutting open a sweet potato or eating a spinach salad and saying, “Well, would you look at all the vitamin A here!” Though unseen, we still enjoy the many benefits of vitamin A. The same holds true of the Holy Spirit. In fact, we would not nor could not know Jesus without the Holy Spirit’s influence!
On the flip side, the Holy Spirit differs from Vitamin A with a striking difference: the Holy Spirit is eternal whereas vitamin A was discovered in 1913.
Learn this parable from Vitamin D3: this most important vitamin aids in a person’s absorption of calcium that in turn strengthens bones and muscles. In addition, vitamin D3 boosts immunity against various viral illnesses, improves moods from pessimistic to more optimistic without the use of harmful drugs, and upholds healthy heart function. The unique characteristic of vitamin D3 is that it is available to everyone in the world no matter where a person lives or if he or she is rich or poor, young or old because the main source of vitamin D3 comes from the sun, so it can never be depleted.
Know this: The Holy Spirit is the most vital means in teaching us to understand God’s Word which in turn builds our faith. He also protects us against various temptations beyond our ability to resist. He teaches us truth for heart transformation. The Holy Spirit is also unique in that He is worldwide without distinction of male or female, young or old, rich or poor, and He comes from the Son, so His power can never be depleted.
Vitamin D3, like any vitamin, cannot be seen with the naked eye. Imagine sitting in the sun watching vitamin D3 infiltrate your skin and saying, “Look at all the particles of vitamin D3 streaming down from the sun!” Even though vitamin D3 is unseen, we still need its powerful benefits. The same holds true of the Holy Spirit. In fact, we cannot see the Holy Spirit, and we would not nor could not grow in our faith without the powerful Holy Spirit, and without faith, it is impossible to please God.
One difference between vitamin D3 and the Holy Spirit is that vitamin D3 works in the physical realm, and the Holy Spirit works in the spiritual realm.
As vitamins are essential to the body, so the Holy Spirit is vital to the soul, and not being indwelt by the Holy Spirit is like a physical body with a deadly vitamin deficiency!