“He dwelleth with you and shall be in you” (John xiv. 17).
Do not fail to mark these two stages in Christian life. The one is the
Spirit’s work in us, the other is the Spirit’s personal coming to abide
within us. All true Christians know the first, but few, it is to be
feared, understand and receive the second. There is a great difference
between my building a house and my going to reside in that house and make
it my home. And there is a great difference between the Holy Spirit’s work
in regenerating a soul—the building of a house, and His coming to reside,
abide and control in our innermost spirit and our whole life and being.
Have we received Him Himself not as our Guest, but as the Owner,
Proprietor and Keeper of the temple He has built to be “an habitation of
God through the Spirit”?
This is my wonderful story,
Christ to my heart has come,
Jesus the King of glory,
Finds in my heart a home.
I am so glad I received Him,
Jesus, my heart’s dear King,
I, who so often have grieved Him,
All to His feet would bring.