To abide in a state of grace is to automatically invite the
Holy Spirit into our life. To consciously maintain this state
of grace throughout the day, through a heart upraised as this
chalice, is key to both receiving and then developing the gifts
of the Holy Spirit. Now, we may think that when we receive
these gifts, they are fully ours to utilize. Yet there are levels
of the utilization and the mastery of these gifts that the Holy
Spirit proffers unto us, which we can allow to fully be
emblazoned in our lives.
The coming of the Holy Spirit each time into our life is
key, yet we must use those gifts wisely. We must utilize them
in ways that glorify God toward healing, toward wisdom,
toward truth, toward the illumination of souls, the beatification of the light within our own realm, in our own life and
yet, in a greater glory, unto mankind.
Receiving the gift is not the full empowerment. The full
empowerment comes when we wisely associate with God
and the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit sees that we are wise
in the use of these gifts. We receive greater and greater
empowerments, greater and greater opportunities to share
these gifts and to bring the light of God into play within our
dimension, our realm of being.
— David with the Holy Spirit