Do we really want the presence of the Lord?

I was listening to this song this morning and it got me to thinking...do we really want the God's presence through the Holy Spirit all the time or do we just want it every now and then to appease ourselves??? Listen to this song "Holy Spirit" by Francesca Battistelli



I am very afraid we are in a day where so called Christians want the Spirit on Sunday but not the rest of the week so they can live their greedy, self-centered lives and not feel guilty.  

Look at these verses:

John 16:13
13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

You see when we have the Holy Spirit He reveals what God wants from us...do we want that 24/7? Many don't.

Acts 1:8
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Jesus sent the Spirit to all believers. The Spirit comes into us as soon as we commit our lives to Jesus. We are then to live under the Spirits leading for the rest of our lives.

Acts 7:51

51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

A warning for uses well! Heed the warning! This is exactly what is happening to so called believers today!

Romans 8:5

5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Are we living for fleshly desires or spiritual desires?

Ephesians 4:30

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

A warning for all of us!

1 Thessalonians 5:19

19 Do not quench the Spirit.

Do not let these warnings go in one ear and out the other! For without the Spirit at the very least we are very weak and at the highest level we are lost and undone!

So where are you at with the Spirit? Full or empty? It is of utmost importance you figure it out now!!!

Tom