62 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
right there. They fail to realize that what happened at
Pentecost was only one of the gifts of the Spirit.
But what I want you to know is this: beyond salvation,
beyond being baptized in water, beyond the infilling of the
Spirit, the "third Person of the Trinity" is waiting for you to
meet Him personally. He yearns for a lifelong relationship.
And that is what you are about to discover.
DRAWN INTO FELLOWSHIP
If you had dialed my telephone number two years ago
and we got acquainted by phone and if we had continued
our conversations but had never met, what would you really
know about me?
You say, "I'd know the sound of your voice as it comes
through the phone." And that would be just about it. You
wouldn't recognize me if you saw me on the street.
But then the day comes when we meet face to face. All
of a sudden you reach out to shake my hand. You see what
I look like, the color of my hair and eyes, what kind of
clothes I wear. Perhaps we go out for a meal, and you learn
whether I like coffee or tea.
You learn volumes about people when you meet them
in person.
End of the Struggle
When the Holy Spirit and I met, that is what began to
happen. I began to discover things about His personality
that changed me as a Christian. Salvation transformed me
as a person. But the Spirit had a tremendous effect on my
Christian walk.
As I began to know the Holy Spirit, I became sensitive
to Him and learned what grieves Him—and what pleases