So let's say you want to live like the Holy Spirit lives within you. Let's say you recognize the power that God offers willingly if we get our motives straight and get out of the way. Why don't you feel any different?
Francis Chan says maybe it's one of two things: maybe you're so comfortable with life right now that you really don't need a Comforter. God is close to you but maybe you aren't experiencing that because your life is too cushion-y and you aren't taking enough risks for your faith.
Maybe it's that your life is too loud. You never let yourself slow down enough to notice God's presence inside of you. Right now I have a cell phone flipped open, a Bible, two computers, a flashing phone, and a meeting on the horizon that I can't get off my mind. A lot of us hold our busyness up as almost a Christian virtue, but is it really any shock that we can't hear God's voice with all this?
So I'm not sure what it is for you. Maybe you're hoping God will still live within you when you're living a life of mistakes. Maybe there's someone you still need to forgive. Maybe you just need to slow down, or maybe you need to step out of your comfort zone.
Whatever it is, open your eyes to the power that God can work through you. There is too much at stake in this world for you to sulk around washed up and defeated. I pray in the same words as Paul for you that "you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe in him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms."
You have access to the same power that raised Christ from the dead, and it comes from seeing God living within you. So live fully, and let God live out of you!
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