John 14:15-17  –  “If you love me, you will obey my commandments.  ¹⁶ Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— ¹⁷ the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him.  But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.”

As I read, prayed, and pondered the Word of God today, several things gripped my heart.  One was having an incomplete provision from God.  What am I talking about?   Many things, actually.   But one in particular ties them all together.

Would you think it is normal or desirable to attend a banquet where the host serves some guests with meat but provides others with silverware and some with none?   Would you consider it normal for a trucking company to fill some trucks with gas but not others, and yet expect all the drivers to reach their destinations?

Would you consider it normal for a parent to give their children an assignment but only provide some of them with the necessary tools to complete the task?   Say it was a garden, and some were given hoes, and some were given hoe handles, but no hoes or handles?

John 14:16-17, Jesus said that one of the results of His ascension was the coming of the Holy Spirit in fullness to equip, teach, empower, and guide.  In verse 17, He makes an interesting statement, “He (Holy Spirit) abides WITH you and will be IN you.”

There is a dimension of the Holy Spirit received at salvation.  We are born of the Spirit.   However, there is more, as revealed in the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament.   Several significant events occurred when Jesus ascended to the Father.   It testified that the sacrifice was accepted and sin atoned for.   It opened the door for man to become sons of God.   Also, it released the Holy Spirit to come and fulfill THE PROMISE of the Father.

The outpouring in Acts 2 revealed that the sacrifice had been accepted and divine justice had been satisfied.   The Father sent the Holy Spirit to be IN them and, as Peter then preached to all who would come later.

The Holy Spirit, in His fullness and ministry, enables us to transcend the limitations of the natural and talk to God in the language of heaven.  That enables us to receive divine downloads not possible via natural ability.  He has direct and unlimited access to the throne room of heaven, and we can enter through Him in the language of heaven.  Also, tongues expand our capacity to receive from God.

If we have God’s infilling but not complete, shouldn’t we ask why?  Does that serve God’s purpose?  Is it God withholding or us resisting in some way?

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.  In John 13:34-35, Jesus said He was giving a new commandment to love.  New?  Love was not new, but to love just as He loved was.  We need the fullness of the Holy Spirit to fulfill God’s purposes on earth.  Don’t be satisfied with a banquet without silverware, a truck with no gas, or a hoe handle without a hoe.

God wants us to be saturated with Him!   Abide in Him!   One with Him!  Who knows the mind of the Father better than the Holy Spirit?  God, give us All of You!  All your provisions!  Search me, prune me, equip me.  I want to be totally one with you!  I surrender all.

May your day be full of the provisions of God!