Daily Read : WHAT IS THE FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Discovery Series: What Is The Filling OF The Holy Spirit?
Author: Martin R. De Haan II




Before we can answer the question "How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit?" we must know what the filling of the Spirit is. The filling of the Spirit is the influence or control the Holy Spirit exercises over us when we yield ourselves to Him. The Spirit of God, who has given us new life and who has taken up residence within us, wants to fill our lives with His goodness and power. He wants us to let Him take control of our lives. Even so, He does not use His power as God to overwhelm us; rather, He fills is only as we submit to Him.

In this sense, then, being filled with the Spirit means that we have placed ourselves under His influence and control. We have yielded to Him, letting Him take over our lives.

We often speak of something that so fills a person's mind that id strangely influences everything he thinks and does. For example, a person can be filled with:
anger

• fear
• jealousy
• remorse
• sorrow
• pride
• love
• anxiety

The Bible it self uses the word "filled " in the same way (see Luke 6:11; Acts 5:17; Acts 13:45)

To be filled with something, therefore, means to be under its control. This truth is stated clearly regarding the Holy Spirit in Eph. 5:18.

Do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit.