One of the most common prayers heard during modern worship is “Holy Spirit Come!” As with many prayers the intention is great, but this request is off center.If the Holy Spirit has not taken up permanence in us at the center we are not of Christ.
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:9-11
When we fail to begin with all we need already living in us, we begin to seek what we lack to live elsewhere. With the Trinity living in us there is no need for looking elsewhere. We are truly the Temple of God. All the Christian life we will ever need or ever lives already abides in us.
Perhaps a better, more centered prayer is “Holy Spirit inspire!” or “Holy Spirit fill!”. To keep asking someone to come who is already present seems off and close to offensive.
Bud McCord
Abide International
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