The Holy Spirit was sent to empower us to live a godly life. He has all we need for He brings it to us from the Father and the Son for our Monday mornings and every day.

All We Need

By His life in us, His Spirit in us, He has provided all we need to live rightly. It is His very life in us meeting all the requirements of life. Anything God asks of us He provides the means to accomplish it. The following is a quote from a post by John Woodward on the website Grace Notebook.   I have added the words of most of the references mentioned in the article for your convenience.

In light of God’s admonition, “Be filled with the Spirit,” are you willing right now to say yes to His infilling? As you remain in yielded dependence upon Him, He will empower you: “I say then: – Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Gal. 5:16).

As The Holy Spirit fills you, He reveals that the Lord Jesus Christ is all that you ultimately need. David Tryon described this rich provision:

“When God gave you the Holy Ghost at your conversion, He gave you all you need for your Christian life and service. God requires nothing of you which the Holy Spirit cannot work in you … What is your need?

What Do You Need?

“Is it holiness? You will not find even the beginnings of it in yourself. He is the Holy Spirit. Where He is allowed to work, increased holiness must be the result.

“Is it love to God and to others? You can never work it up. He is the Spirit of love, and where He is allowed to work in a human heart (however cold before) He sheds abroad the life of God in that heart – (…because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Rom. 5:5). 

“Is it assurance? It will never come by reasoning or argument. He is the Spirit of adoption (Rom. 8:15 –“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.'” ), and His work is to witness with your spirit that you are indeed a child of God, enabling you to call God “Father” with full assurance.  

“Is it power over sin and for service? He is the spirit of power (2 Tim. 1:7- “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”) He is ‘the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead’ (Rom. 8:11). If He is allowed to work in you, all the power of His resurrection will be put forth in you to conquer sin and to perform God’s will through you.

“Is it an understanding of God’s Word? Alone you cannot understand it. You may fill your head with its teachings, but a heart knowledge of its truths and the assimilation of them into your life are beyond your reach. He is the Spirit of truth; His work is to lead you into all truth (John 16:13)…

“Is it that you want Christ to become real to you? It is the Holy Spirit’s work to make Him real. He alone can take of the things of Christ and reveal them to you (John 16:14)- “He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.”[4]

Power of God is Available To Us

Friend, you are not destined to stay in the doldrums. The power of God’s Spirit is available to you now as you yield and trust in Him. He will fill your life like the Trade Winds, equipping you daily to be about your Father’s business.

Heavenly Father, open our eyes to see all that You have provided for us by Your Holy Spirit, Your very essence, to live a life acceptable to You.