Imagine you got a bonus check from your job for $2000 dollars. The check is in your bag or purse or pocket. It's on your person. Think of how different your consciousness is. Instead of 20 dollars on your person, you have 2000. Your awareness and thoughts and actions are very much different. You have more respect for 2000 dollars than 20 dollars. Now imagine, for some reason, you forgot you had that 2000 dollars in your pocket or purse or bag, and somehow I knew it. Say I'm your boss, the one who gave you the bonus. One day I ask you, "So, how'd you enjoy your 2000 dollars?"
BAM!
You remember!
You've got 2000 dollars that you totally forgot about. That knowledge alone changes your life at that moment.
It's the same with simply knowing what you now have in your possession: The Spirit of God!
Do you really know and believe this? If you do, then there is something you must do.
The first thing you needed was a revelation.
The next thing you need is consecration.
Now that you know that the Spirit of the Lord God is in you, keywords, the Lord, meaning The Supreme Ruler Creator, it naturally follows that you would submit your entire life to Him at this very moment and from now on. Let's review the revelation Paul gave the Corinthians, with the consecration he urged them to act out as a result:
"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."
Because the Spirit of the Lord is in you, having "purchased you" by the blood of Jesus, you are no longer your own. Your life is not yours; your life now belongs to your Creator and Savior, to His Spirit in you. You are not just aware of His Presence, you are now aware of what His presence practically means.
For example, when you're driving and the police are following your car, you experience a revelation leading to consecration! Now that you know the police are following you, you submit to their authority. Their presence, red and blue lights, and sirens summon your submission. The same is true with the divine person in you, the Spirit of God.
If the Spirit in you doesn't shape everything you think, say, and do, then either you don't know He's in you, you don't believe He's in you, or worst of all, you don't care. It would be like you running from the police instead of stopping when they follow. You would be deliberately disrespecting the authority of the law. The Lord in you is now in authority over you.
The Spirit of the Lord is your Lord. What will you do with His presence from now on?
You have a choice:
Acknowledge Him and submit to Him.
Ignore Him and rebel against Him.
There is no neutral ground with what you now know.
If you choose to acknowledge and submit to the Spirit of God who is in you, pray this prayer with me:
"Our Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus I acknowledge and totally surrender to Your Spirit who is in me. I no longer live for myself. I live totally for Him. Amen."
From this moment on, you are aware of the Spirit of God who is in you.
Your life will never be the same, nor will anyone else who encounters God in you and with you.
Jesus is Lord.
Amen.
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