Think What Spirit Dwells Within You!

In Paul’s letter to the Hebrews, where he was reminding them of how God had taken care of them and met their every need, he said, “Out of weakness were made strong.” (Heb. 11:34) God even provided the strength they needed!

It is so important for us, too, to realize that fundamental fact, that in weakness we become strong. In weakness we reach out to God for help, whereas before we were weak, we would not have done that. In reaching out to the Father, we become infused with an inner strength, and that is the only thing that ever makes us strong.I am so grateful for the statement in

Romans 8:11 that says, “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”

It is wonderful to realize that the very Spirit that dwells in Christ dwells in me — dwells in all of us! Isn’t that amazing? we have this strengthening connection with the Christ. The Spirit that raised him from the dead, it’s the Spirit that accomplished all the healing that he did. It is the Spirit that has always been with us. It’s Spirit with a capital S, the Spirit which is God.

To just know that, and to appreciate it, and to cultivate it, and to think that the works that Jesus did we can do as well, because He said that — greater works shall ye do.

I looked up the word ‘quicken.’ It means to make alive, to revive, to cheer, to refresh by new supplies of comfort and grace. How beautiful is that? This is what that Spirit is doing for us every day. It’s making us alive, more awake, alert, happier, cheerful, reviving us and refreshing us by new supplies of comfort and grace every day. The Spirit of God dwelling within us does this for us. There’s a beautiful hymn, Hymn No. 166. It says,

Think what spirit dwells within thee;
Think what Father’s smiles are thine;
Think what Jesus did to win thee;
Child of heaven, can’st thou repine?

Think what Spirit dwells within you, within all of us!