“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” – John 7:38-39
As Christians, we should always remember and celebrate the extraordinary supernatural resources available within us! The Holy Spirit, also called the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ lives inside us! God knows us and loves us enough to live in us. The Third Person of the Godhead lives in our heart providing:
- God’s comfort and presence in seasons of deep sorrow and grief
- God’s seal, testimony, and guarantee of salvation
- God’s conviction when we’ve fallen into sin, so that we would repent
- God’s power for transformation as He remakes us to be more like Jesus
- God’s illumination to understand the Bible
- God’s intercession to pray on our behalf when we lack the words
- God’s gifts to love and serve the local body of believers called a church
As followers of Jesus, we must stop laboring in our own strength and instead embrace the power of the Holy Spirit within us. We must nurture the Spirit through a lifestyle of worship, prayer, Bible reading and meditation, and faithful action. If you find yourself exhausted and burned out, carefully reflect on whether you’re laboring in the Spirit or in your own strength. Our human strength will inevitably fail, likely faster than we could possibly imagine, but the strength of the Spirit will never fail!