God In Us

"I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD." Ezekiel 37: 14

Eternal life - life to the fullest and brightest that can begin right now and last forever - this eternal life that we all seek whether we realize it or not, will only truly come about when Almighty God puts His Spirit in you. When God Himself takes up residence in your heart.

To live without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is really not to live at all. It's to hear only the bass drum of the symphony without the accompaniment of the strings and horns and woodwinds and the rest of the percussion. It's to watch a black and white TV with rabbit ears rather than a 3-D color TV with a high definition satelite signal. It's to order a dish of vanilla ice cream every time you go to the scoop shop, continually overlooking and ignoring such delights with candy bars, chocolates, fruit and nuts and other lush flavors.

To live ones life filled with the Spirit of God, is life as God always intended us to live it.

Yet, many of us have chosen to settle for less than the fullness that God freely offers, in our lives. We plod through our black and white existence often as people without hope.

I am often discouraged by folks who have contented themselves to settle for less than God offers. Despite pleas to embrace the offer of eternal life that Jesus gives - many turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to this reality of life. What is truly needed, are believers who wear the life giving hope of the Spirit on their sleeves.

There are many times in our lives as Christians, that despite the filling of the Spirit within us, one would never know the difference from our outsides. We have the joy of the Lord, yet our outward appearance displays nothing more than anyone else in our world: Worry, fear, despair, anger, anxiety...

Those of us who are believers need to model and loudly live out the joy of the Spirit filled life - to such an extent that those who have settled for so much less will be jarred out of their slumber. We have been given the gift and privlege of God Himself taking up residence in our hearts - may our lives shine brightly for all to see the glory of His way. And may God explode Himself into the ordinariness of our life and the lives of those around us.

Be God's, Scott