What does it mean to you to be filled with the Holy Spirit? Do you think of it as a mysterious overwhelming feeling? Do you believe it is a divine gift from God? Or do you not think about it all because you do not believe you understand it?
When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are given the Holy Spirit. He comes to live within us. God’s Spirit is joined with our spirit. It is a mystery to us as to how this happens, though we know from Jesus’ promise it does happen.
Jesus requested the Father send the Holy Spirit to be our advocate, guide, counselor, comforter, supporter, interceder, encourager, and helper. The Holy Spirit is always with us. Since the Holy Spirit is God, just as the Son and the Father is God, we can better understand Jesus’ statement that He would be with us always, to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20).
The Holy Spirit is God inside us. Since the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one, what one of them knows the other one knows. The Trinity is identified as three persons as one God. We may not fully understand this concept, but we can understand they are one hundred percent in sync.
When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the apostles, they began to speak in other languages, and they began to have a far deeper understanding of God and his kingdom. They suddenly understood what Jesus was teaching them and began teaching others.
I pray we all know the Holy Spirit lives within us. I pray we understand that the Holy Spirit is one with the Father and the Son. I pray each one of us feels the presence of the Holy Spirit within us each and every day. The Holy Spirit is in you. Know that God is one. Feel the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Marty Pressey 