Dad's Ramblings -- Doing or Being?

" 'But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.' "
 
                                                                              Acts 1:8
 
The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to give us power to "be." We often think in terms of "doing witnessing" instead of "being witnesses." But "doing" follows "being." What we do is a natural outflow of who we "are." Jesus said that out of our heart (our inner being) would flow rivers of living waters. This was referring to the Holy Spirit (see John 7:38-39). What we "do" is a result of who we "are" on the inside.
 
Today's Thought: Power to "be" precedes power to "do."
 
Have a "being" day. Love you.