Charles Stanley Daily Devotional 24th July 2025 (In Touch) Thursday Message
TOPIC: The Holy Spirit: Filling the Believer
SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 5:15-21
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At the moment of salvation, we were permanently indwelled by the Holy Spirit. From then on, God’s Spirit will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). But being filled with the Spirit—that is, being led by Him—requires something of us: submission.
Unless we submit to the Lord’s authority, we’ll miss out on things He wants to accomplish in and through us. We need His power in order to overcome sin, to become the people He designed us to be, and to complete the work He has called us to do. The filling of the Spirit is His provision for this kind of supernatural living.
The Lord has various ways of motivating us to desire His fullness above all else. Sometimes He plants within us a deep longing to be closer to Him. Other times He leverages our failures and feelings of inadequacy that result from trying to live in our own strength. God may even use the example of other believers to inspire us.
The Holy Spirit promises to fill every believer who is willing to yield all aspects of life to Him. This isn’t an instantaneous event, but a gradual removal of a desire for self-rule. As the heavenly Father reveals an area that you have kept under your own control, surrender it and let Him fill you with His Spirit.
Bible in One Year: Isaiah 8-10
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The Holy Spirit will fill believers who follow His directions.
