“ you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him."
Ephesians 1:13-14 (NLT)
Ephesians 1:13-14 (NLT)
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When I think of the Holy Spirit, the actual Life of Christ, alive within me, I conceptualize it as the opposite of its evil twin depicted so often in horror movies. Some alien being, kind of like a tick, bores its way into a human and then grows from the inside out, slowly but surely taking over the human being until the person is now dominated by the alien being. Can you see what I’m getting at?
The Holy Spirit is the good virus, the alien being, the good yeast, which once it “infects” a person, cannot be removed as in the horror movies. It’s the down payment that God gives to believers. It’s real. He’s real and alive within you.
Do you have any inclination at all to be something or someone who honors, or represents God? That’s the Holy Spirit, the Good Virus. Do you have a “want to” within you for the things of God? That’s the Holy Spirit.
I once rode a bicycle with a motor on it, but the motor didn’t work until I would pedal. Once I pedaled the motor would kick in. The Holy Spirit is much more than that, but it is that. The way to for you to allow the Good Virus to grow and “take you over” is to move in the direction of the hopes, dreams, desires, yearnings deep down hidden within that God has given you. It’s more than “let go and let God”. Move and do so into The Holy Spirit’s leadings. The Bad Virus takes you by force. The Good
One takes you by invitation.
One takes you by invitation.
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