"Create within me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." Ps. 51:10
One way to express the verse above would be to say, "Life lived in such a way that when people get to know me they will know the Spirit of God who resides within me."
I have a friend whose practice it has been to think immediately after awakening of putting on the whole armor of God from head to toe.
As he envisions himself dressing to stand against the enemy of the flesh; Satan, he quotes Ephesians 5:13-18 explaining how God protects him from head to foot with spiritual attire covering the most vulnerable places of the body.
No one is exempt from attack, but one filled with the Holy Spirit one has much greater hope of victory than one who does not yield his or her will to the will of God.
Being Spirit-filled is a choice; a conscious decision to permit God to be "in charge".
That's why Paul's admonition was to "PUT ON", as one puts on clothing to cover the nakedness of the flesh.
God is willing to fill whosoever will.
WE MAKE THE CHOICE TO ALLOW HIM TO DO SO.
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