Holy Spirit, Gift of

I well remember the days of drudgery... then a small still voice said, "there standeth one among you whom ye know not." I had not grasped the truth that the Holy Spirit is a person, alive and with the church. With lightening came the climax, How many true Christians toil on bearing burdens far too great for their natural strength, utterly forgetful that the mighty burden bearer is with them to do for them and through them what they have undertaken to accomplish alone. As Christ, the second person of the Godhead came to make atonement for sink so the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead came to Earth to communicate power from on high. We as believers receive Him by faith in order to be qualified for service. Both gifts have been bestowed, but it is not what we have but what we know that we have by a conscience, appropriating faith, which determines our spiritual wealth. The true secret of service lies in yielding to the Holy Spirit to use me to do His work.

Adoniram Judson Gordon, They Found The Secret