“I will put My Spirit within you” (Ez. xxxvi. 27).
“I will put My Spirit within you, and I will cause you to walk in My
statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments.” “I will put My fear in your
hearts, and ye shall not turn away from Me.” Oh, friend, would not that be
blessed, would not that be such a rest for you, all worn out with this
strife in your own strength? Do you not want a strong man to conquer the
strong man of self and sin? Do you not want a leader? Do you not want God
Himself to be with you, to be your occupant? Do you not want rest? Are you
not conscious of this need? Oh, this sense of being beaten back, longing,
wanting, but not accomplishing. That is what He comes to do; “Ye shall
receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you.” Better than
that, “Ye shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you.” That
is the true version, and really it is immensely different from the other.
You shall not receive power yourself, so that people shall say: “How much
power that man has. You shall not have any power whatever, but you shall
receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, He having the power,
that is all.”