Forgotten God Part One

So this is a later post, but I don't think for a second I've missed my commitment. Today, I woke up and biked 21 miles with a fantastic volunteer and friend, and so this blog post is falling a little later in the day than I'd care to. I'm not worried though, God revealed himself this morning too!

Yesterday I started Francis Chan's "Forgotten God." It's certainly an easy ready but a challenging concept. What do we really believe about the Holy Spirit?

Scripture makes it clear that the Holy Spirit is a person, is God, has thoughts, emotions, a will, and he/she lives inside of us. Do I actually believe this? Do I believe that GOD dwells within me? Does my life reflect that? Do I live and lead like that? Does this scare me? Do I actually want God living in me? What would it mean if I relinquished all control to this forgotten God?

In 1 Corinthians 12:7, Paul says "the Holy Spirit is given to each of us for the common good." As I continue through this book the challenge for me, and all of us for that matter, is to truly embrace the Holy Spirit living within us so that we might grow in service and excellence for the common good of those in our lives. We have God's unlimited and abundant power at our disposal to benefit our loved ones, our friends, our enemies, and our world. May we each welcome it with willingness and humility to be the conquerors in Christ that we are called to be. Dare I say our lives, our TRUE and FULL lives, depend on it?