John 12-18- Does the Holy Spirit live in Me?
Have you ever wondered if the Holy Spirit truly lives in you? I have! I mean....I am guessing he does...after all Jesus says he does. We read about that this week in John 14:17b, "But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." Yet, I get self-reflective at times and wonder if he really does because, I question if I exhibit the fruit of the Spirit in my life (Gal 5:22-23). I may exhibit some of them some of the time, but never all of them all of the time. And I certainly don't exhibit the Spirit by speaking in tongues or with prophecy (1 Cor. 12:4-10) at my weekly church service! In addition, when I first heard the word of God, I didn't start speaking in tongues and praising God as those did in the household of Cornelius (Acts 10:46). My conversion was quite uneventful in comparison. So, what confirmation do I have that the Holy Spirit lives in me? Well, the answer was in our reading in that same section I first mentioned, chapter 14!! I