… “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.”

— 2 Kings 2:9

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 will do it, declares the LORD.

— Ezekiel 37:14

16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever —

17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

— John14:16-17

The Spirit of truth, The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

— Romans 8:9

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

— 1 Corinthians 6:19

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

In the matter of subjectively experiencing the Holy Spirit, we are not in the first chapter but we definitely are part of the climax. The Old Testament prophets prophesied and longed for the Holy Spirit and the kings tasted in flashes. We host daily the same Spirit who made ordinary men into deliveries and leaders. He is now alive in us, not for a moment, but for a life time. It means our story isn’t too small for the Spirit to use. We don’t need a title or a permission from man; we only need the breath of God, the Spirit, who took David from the field, Samson from despair, Elijah from burnout, Bezelel from obscurity.

The Spirit is still at work, looking for hearts to fill. He empowers vessels to carry His glory. The Spirit was always engaging and today He is still moving, but the difference is now He is moving through us. The Spirit who moved on men has begun to dwell in them. This matter is like that the heaven comes down and takes up residence of us! Are we available for Him to manifest Himself in us? Do we welcome the Holy Spirit to be the person, besides the power we desire, for us?