The Life That Lives
The power was always there. The light came when I yielded.
Devotional Credit: My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
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Oswald Chambers points us to a pivotal truth often overlooked: the Holy Spirit is not a distant hope or a delayed promise but the present reality of the ascended Christ dwelling within us now. Too often, we mistakenly separate the indwelling of the Spirit from the Person of Jesus. But Scripture unites them inseparably—the gift of the Holy Spirit is the very life of Christ manifesting in us.
The disciples were told to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power from on high, but their waiting had a purpose: Jesus had not yet been glorified. Once He was exalted, the Spirit came—not in part, not temporarily—but as the full expression of Christ’s life poured into His people.
For the believer today, there is no need to wait. The Spirit has already been given. If there’s any delay in experiencing His fullness, it isn’t from God withholding—it’s from our own unwillingness to surrender, to trust, to yield. Chambers reminds us that the Spirit is not for some future moment but for the glorious now. Eternal life is not just a future hope; it’s present fellowship with God through His Son.
✍🏼 Personalized Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
I have come to dwell in you—not as a visitor, but as your very life. I am not delayed, nor distant. I was poured out when the Son was glorified, and now I reside in all who are united with Him.
You do not need to strive or wait or plead for My presence. If you are in Christ, then Christ is in you—and I am the Spirit of Christ. I am the life that lives within you, the breath of the Risen One making His home in your mortal body. You are not waiting for an experience; you are invited to walk in a reality that has already begun.
The only hindrance is your reluctance to rest in Me. Where there is hesitation, let there now be surrender. Where there has been delay, let there be a present yielding. I do not force Myself upon you—I fill the places that are freely given.
Now is the day of salvation. Now is eternal life—to know Me, to share in the life of the Son, and to let that life flow unceasingly through you. I am the seal of your redemption and the power of Christ in you. Do not wait for what has already been poured out. Abide in Me, and you will know the life that truly lives.
Scriptures referenced: Luke 24:49; John 7:39; Acts 2:33; John 17:3; Romans 8:9–11; 2 Corinthians 1:22
🔌 Real-Life Analogy
It’s like plugging in a lamp that’s already connected to power. The electricity is there, waiting—constant, available. But unless the switch is turned, the light doesn’t shine. The power hasn’t disappeared; it simply hasn’t been received. The moment you yield and flip the switch, the light reveals what was there all along.
🙏🏼 Prayer of Confidence
Father, I thank You that I no longer live in the shadows of delay or uncertainty. You have already given me Your Spirit—the very life of Christ—who now lives in me. I rejoice that I am not waiting for an experience but abiding in a Person. The power from on high has clothed me because Christ is glorified and His Spirit has been poured out. I rest in the truth that everything I need is already present within me through Your indwelling presence. I turn on the light. I yield. And I walk in the glorious now.