Friend, whatever it is you are trying to change in your life, you cannot do it. Without God, you can do nothing (John 15:5). But you can do all things through Christ which strengthens you (Phil. 4:13). The Holy Spirit in us is Jesus Christ personified inside us. The Holy Spirit on us is Jesus Christ personified on us. One gives us the ability to live the Christian life, the other gives us the ability to do dynamic things that we don’t have the skill to do. I was not a leader growing up; I was a follower. I barely made it through school. I never made it to Bible college. I am not really smart. Every day I cause God’s power to come off of me because of wrong choices. But every great thing that God has used me to do in this ministry He has done because He has rested temporarily (because of my weaknesses) upon me.
If you are unsaved, you need God to live within you. But if you are saved and want to change, you don’t need God in you, you already have that. You need God on you. So I ask you to make the following New Year’s resolution to God: If God will do for you what you cannot do for yourself, you will live your life uncomfortable.
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