What if the Holy Spirit pulled out of your life?  Would you know it?  What if He pulled out of our church?  Would things be any different?  Can all that we are and all that we do be explained in human terms?  Is there a “natural” explanation for what we call “Christianity?” These are super important questions!  They might make us uncomfortable but we have nothing to fear by asking, thinking, praying and talking about these matters.  Maybe it’s an occupational thing but I think about questions like that quite often.  Confession…I really don’t want to do this if God is not in it.  If God is not going to help me serve Him, I want out.  If I have to preach only what I can come up with and I have to do it in my own strength, I want out.  If God is not going to work in people’s lives to bring them to Himself and transform them, I want out.  If the Holy Spirit is not going to bring eternal life to those who sow to the Spirit, I want out.  If God is not really in us to “will and do of His good pleasure,” I want out.  If there is no difference between people that come to church on Sunday morning and those who never go to church, we should all sleep in or go hunting or something other than what we are doing now.  The people of the early church were different than the people in their community.  Not purposefully weird by customs and attire but different on the inside.  They were a different kind of people and the difference was the indwelling Holy Spirit.  There was a supernatural bent to their lives that could only be explained by their faith in the person and kingdom of God.  Do you want the Holy Spirit to be active in your life?  He is willing…more willing than you may think.  Keep saying yes to the main things and the next things and as you look back, you’ll be amazed at the way Heaven came down and how glory filled your soul.