And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans 5:5
Imagine with me...(I'd say close your eyes, but that wouldn't be wise since you are reading this)...imagine this: you pour a tall glass of water. The outside of that glass has a label that reads "YOU" and beside the glass is a bottle of food coloring. (This is your imagination so you choose your color...I would choose purple. ) There is a tag on the food coloring that says: Given through the Grace of God as a gift to You. The brand of food coloring is Holy Spirit.
The instructions on the food coloring say: Add several drops to You. So we add several drops to the glass of water.
What happens to that food coloring? It begins to mix with the water...and if you stir it a bit, it colors the entire glass of water. It doesn't change immediately. You actually have to do something to cause a complete change in the water.
Can you separate the food coloring back out from the water? Nope. Ain't happening. The two elements have become inseparable.
Like the water and the food coloring, when we asked Jesus into our hearts, we committed to a complete change in our lives. That change didn't happen immediately. We've had to work at it, and will always have to keep working at it. The Holy Spirit is given to us by God, and he infiltrates our soul much like the food coloring in the water. Not only do we need to hear the Word of God but we have be doers of the Word as well. James 1:22 By doing we stir up the Holy Spirit inside of us, and He takes hold becoming inseparable.
Our Heavenly Father becomes one with us. Christ now lives in us through the Holy Spirit. We become inseparable from Him.
Am I telling you that since the day you asked Him into your heart, He has been there? Yep. I am not saying, however, that you have always been there. Maybe you have strayed away...gone out on your own...tried things your way, fed the flesh, that sort of thing. Guess who was there? He promised He would never leave you or forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 Nothing we do can make Him love us less...That's an amazing promise. If someone says they love us, we expect them to never leave us or forsake us. We are devastated when they do.
Our Heavenly Father becomes one with us. Christ now lives in us through the Holy Spirit. We become inseparable from Him.
Am I telling you that since the day you asked Him into your heart, He has been there? Yep. I am not saying, however, that you have always been there. Maybe you have strayed away...gone out on your own...tried things your way, fed the flesh, that sort of thing. Guess who was there? He promised He would never leave you or forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 Nothing we do can make Him love us less...That's an amazing promise. If someone says they love us, we expect them to never leave us or forsake us. We are devastated when they do.
We have a love that we will never be separated from. He lives in us through the Holy Spirit...we call Him Heavenly Father.
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