Section 5
life. As believers, we all know that the Spirit is within us. However, not many of us have a rich experience of the divine life. Hence, although we have the Spirit, we still may be short of life. The reason for this is that the Spirit who dwells in us does not have much opportunity to live in us. We have the Spirit within us, but we may not care for Him adequately. Sometimes we are so fully occupied with our jobs that we have no time for anything else. In like manner, we may be so occu pied in our being that we have no time nor heart for the Spirit. It seems that we have hardly any capacity to give ground to the indwelling Spirit. It seems that we say to the Spirit, "I realize that You are very dear to me, but I simply don't have the heart for You."
Many Christians hold the mistaken concept that if they neglect the Spirit, the Spirit will de part from them. According to the Bible, how ever, the Spirit will never leave us once He has come into us. The Spirit does not regard Himself as a guest within us, but as the Dweller, as the Owner of the dwelling.
Many years ago I read a book in which pic tures were used to signify the work of the Spirit. A dove, representing the Spirit, was pictured as coming into people when they believed in the