There's something I wish everyone on earth would have, the holy spirit. Knowing the benefits of the holy spirit, especially in today's world of gain, the holy spirit alone should entice everyone to salvation. In acts we see a man, a magician, who after seeing the excellent transformative works of the holy spirit wished he'd also get this power, but of cause he wanted it for the wrong reasons.
Many people today are not afraid of the eternal destiny of each their soul, but mostly afraid of the terrible experience they might encounter if conditions change and success is no more in there favor, that's, for those that are already successful by world standards, and for those struggling to "make it" in life, never "making it" is there greatest fear.
But why not tap into the great power of the holy spirit to summaries our search for greatness in life? Here are a few of the benefits of the holy spirit in anyone's life, I mean what he'd do to anyone at all if accepted and allowed to take control; he'd bring excellency in every field of your life, I mean physical, mental and spiritual.
Daniel 6:3 (NKJV)
[3]Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
Yeah, that's the summary benefit of the Holy Spirit, because with all the spiritual gifts that he brings into anyone's life that gladly welcomes him into his life and gives him full control, as an act of obedience, excelling in life is inevitable.
Now, this lack of complete permission to control life that we're supposed to give the holy spirit is the exact reason why we are always failing in life, even when we claim (which might be true) to have the Holy Spirit! Because of our disobedience, we disgrace the Holy Spirit with incompetence and failure, which cause the anger/judgement of God to come upon us or make us vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy, the devil.
Many Christians today want to live an on (when it's convenient) and off (when it's convenient) Christian life, thinking this way they can easily win in life by harnessing the advantages of a double standard, that is, a mix of a Christian and secular life, but they're so wrong and that's why they live a life loss and profit, happiness and misery, success and failure, health and sickness, etc. Their choice of a lifestyle of spiritual double standard comes with double standard results.
David knew the excellent work the holy spirit did in his life and he didn't want him taken away as he prayed in Psalms 51:11(NKJV) saying,
"[11]Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me."
Paul asks us give it bodies "as a living sacrifice" not as a burden, no, but for the advantages we'll have if given to total submission under total influence of the holy spirit.
We read in Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV)
"[1]I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
[2]And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Serve God with Spiritual Gifts"
Remember, spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit as Paul says in 1 Christians 12:1 (NKJV) that "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:"
He is a gentle spirit, and he'll bring gentleness into our character, which will make us more desirable and useable to both our God, and fellow men.
May God be kind to you as you find your way back to acceptable Christian living, Amen!
