“Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 TPT
Have you ever found a gift card that was a Christmas present in your purse or wallet that you had forgotten about? And you say, I forgot that was given to me I need to use that soon! Have you been looking in your closet and see a new shirt you got for Christmas but you had forgotten it was even there?
The gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside you! “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit had come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 I lived the majority of my life without the power of the Holy Spirit! I had the gift of God, the Holy Spirit inside of me, but I never opened that gift. If you give your children a gift, don’t you expect them to open it? You want to watch them open the gift. You desire to see them wear that gift or use that gift in their daily lives!
Your Heavenly Father desires for you to open (or receive) the Holy Spirit into your own life! You just simply ask for Holy Spirit to fill you with His Presence! This is a daily process, sometimes multiple times a day depending on how your day is going. After you ask Him to fill you. You have to yield to His promptings and nudges. You may be prompted to pay for a stranger’s meal. He may say pray with that co-worker whose marriage is struggling, as you yield and take that step of faith a boldness will be there as well! Holy Spirit may nudge you to forgive someone. As you yield to Him, His power will flow through you! The Holy Spirit is your teacher, your guide, your comforter, your leader, your helper, and your counselor. Will you receive and open the gift that God has given you?