Just Right

  An adaptation of an illustration by Chuck Swindoll is useful to describe the way believers will experience and enjoy Life by the Spirit.
   Turbines at Grand Coulee, Rocky Reach, Rock Island, Bonneville, Wanapum and other dams produce billions of kilowatts of electricity which become hundreds of thousands of volts.  Power lines take the electricity and distribute it throughout the Pacific Northwest and even into the Southwest.  In theory, a person could follow the power lines that connect into Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake.  As one would follow the power lines, there would be various substations with all kinds of warning signs—“Danger!  High Voltage”  “No trespassing!  Violators will be prosecuted.”  The warnings are stern because the threat of being electrocuted by thousands of volts is very real.  In fact, no one needs thousands of volts coming into their home or office. So the engineers put “transformers” in the power lines that reduce the volts into the amount that people need—110 volts or 220 (or 221—whatever!)  These transformers are on power poles above ground and in vaults below ground.
    Nearly everybody, however, uses transformers within their homes.  Why?  Because if one were to connect the dead battery of a cell phone to the 110 volts coming out of a regular wall socket, the unit would buzz loudly for a second, make a pzzzttt sound, flash blue sparks and burn to a crisp.  Cell phones only need a handful of volts to be charged.  What people call a “charger” is really a transformer.   Computers, printers, game systems and camcorders—most all electronic gadgets—need much less than 110 volts.
    When the Holy Spirit (the Transformer) comes to live in a believer, the Spirit will then take the majestic truths of Scripture, the power of Christ, the guidance of the Lord, and everything else God gives a believer, and dispense them in just the amount needed—as much as a believer can handle, take or use.  It is the Spirit’s delight to take the fullness of the God of the Universe and make one thing meaningful to this woman, and another thing useful to that woman.  He works one way in this guy here, and does something very different in that guy over there.  It is the way the Spirit works, and His work is flawless.  He gives to each believer just what is necessary.
   But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.  (John 14:26 ESV)
   Don’t ever stop pursuing living Life by the Spirit.  It is the wonder and joy of life in Christ!  Pursue it always.  Live secure in His presence and seek His filling daily. He will provide just what is needed for every situation of life!
    That’s all for now!