It is perhaps the grandest of all Christian mysteries—how the God of the universe could be in us. God’s Holy Spirit is not rationed out as though He were infinitely divisible. God is one. There are no “parts” to God. The members of the Trinity are “persons” not parts. God …
Whatever the truth of the Holy Spirit, we are called to be ALL IN. God wants ALL we are. If we are to “live by the Spirit” then we must be “filled with the Spirit” (Rom. 8:5, Eph. 5:18). This means we are to be CONSUMED by the Holy Spirit in such a way that ALL OF LIFE is transformed (Rom. 12:2).
If things are what you want, God can give you things, but if it is God you want you must be willing to hold “all these things” lightly and cling tenaciously to God himself. These things, these blessings we covet, the gifts, and even the spiritual gifts we desire, the …