The word for this week is "abide". We have used this word before, but it was translated from a different Greek word than the one we'll be looking at here. This "abide" is found in only one place in the New Testament. John 14:16-17:
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but ye know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you. KJV
This is the Greek word "eimi". Strong's Concordance says: I exist (used only when emphatic). This is the same root word that was used in John 18:5 when Jesus said "I am he". It is also equivalent to the Hebrew word translated "I AM" in Exodus 3:14:
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. KJV
The Comforter, the Holy Spirit, IS God, just as the God the Father and God the Son are. Together they make up the Godhead, or the Trinity, as some say. It is comforting to know that He will never leave us, but remain with us and in us, as the first "abide" we looked at. It just becomes far more powerful when we meditate on just WHO it IS that is in us! He IS the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible, in the person of the Holy Spirit! God Himself, in all His glory, with all of His power and all of His Wisdom, lives on the inside of us! We truly are, as born again believers, the Temple of God! I have not met a single believer that is walking in the fullness of what this means, but many of us are getting closer every day! My prayer for you and your family is that He will continue to show Himself real and powerful to you as He confirms His Word in your lives! Here is Hillsong Live with "Endless Light":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
