The Holy Spirit Abides With You and In You

There is an incredible promise in the Bible, a red-letter, direct-from-Jesus promise for you and I to grab hold of receive right now.  There is no special atmosphere to set, people, activity or hoop to jump through in order to receive it.  It comes directly from the Father through His Son, Jesus.

"And I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever--"

The Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter/Counselor/Helper/Intercessor/Advocate/Strengthener, and Standby is promised to us, that HE will abide with US forever.

I don't know about you, but in times of personal weakness I have felt concern over whether the Holy Spirit was still hanging around with me.  Maybe I wasn't living "right" enough for Him to be with me.  This verse assures me, He is with me forever!

There is only one qualification for this - that I love and follow Jesus.

"If you love Me, keep [obey] my commandments.  And I will pray the Father and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever--the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you  know Him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."

Many people in the world profess to love Jesus [He's a great guy/teacher/prophet], but here love is defined in the truest sense - it moves us to action which supports our profession of love.  If I love Jesus, my life will follow Him, I will no longer live for myself [nor for other people].

Notice that it says He DWELLS....He's not going anywhere.  If I love and follow Jesus, He is glued to me.  I can't shake Him. He lives with me.  I'm His P.O. box, His address on earth.

It also says, he dwells WITH me and will be IN me [the IN happened at pentecost, Acts 2, fulfilling Jesus promise].  With and In.  He's with me and in me because I love and follow Jesus.  With and In.  Inside and outside.  There are no times when He's not there.  I don't have to issue a special invitation every time I want to hang with Him.  He is there.

So, what if I'm not feeling it?  Set your heart to love and follow Jesus.  Begin to think on Him, sing songs of love to Him, align your heart to His.  The Holy Spirit is right there.  Can you feel Him?