“Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.
John 16:5-15 (NIV)

What could be better than hanging out with Jesus? I personally have never taken a long walk or shared a meal with Jesus, but it is hard to imagine anything better than being with Him.

According To Jesus, having the Holy Spirit living in us is better. So I guess that many of us, if not all of us, are missing out on the greatest opportunity of our lives. If having God’s Spirit in us is better than having Jesus Himself here, then we have a great treasure hidden inside. The key to a full life is not in possesions, self-fulfillment or relationships but in dieing to ourselves so that God’s Spirit may shine through.

by David