What's The Diff?

Hmm, I found this interesting WORD, from the book, "Rees Howells: Intercessor," by Norman Grubb (GREAT BOOK and I so recommend it!).

" We were a people who had left all to follow the Savior, and had forsaken all we had of this world's goods to enter a life of faith, and as far as we knew we had surrendered our lives entirely to the One who died for us. But He showed us,'There is all the difference in the world between your surrendered life in My hands, and Me living My life in your body.'

"We read the Acts afresh and found we were reading not the acts of the Apostles, but the acts of the Holy Ghost. The bodies of Peter and the others had become His temples. The Holy Ghost as a divine Person lived in the bodies of the apostles, even as the Savior had lived His earthly life in the body that was born in Bethlehem. And all that the Holy Spirit asked of us was our wills and our bodies."

Now, I can't yet get my arms around that difference in my spirit... imagine what it REALLY looks like for God to be living His life in your body... and how that is completely different from being surrendered to Him... That is a huge depth!

I need to hear it again:
'There is all the difference in the world between your surrendered life in My hands, and Me living My life in your body.'

Can you capture the depth of this? Can you define this for us?

Can you paint this so we can see this for what it REALLY is?

'There is all the difference in the world between your surrendered life in My hands, and Me living My life in your body.'

Wonderful stuff, what little I understand is that this so much more than surrendering, that is God living His life in the new ark of the covenant...His living temples, His living sacrifices, His chosen people, His dwelling place... YOU and ME!

What an incredible reality He offers us; to be so full of God--this consuming fire, that as He takes possession of us, that same consuming fire will burn off all that is of us...of worldly flesh. Amazing place to be. So intimate with God that He truly is living His life in our bodies... am I game for it?

I have been writing down in my heart and mind all the things "I" want to do, and all the things "I" think I deserve...man, I got some stuff to take out back and let the consuming fire torch off me... yikes!

Here I am serving God and He's really saying that He wants me to be a living sacrifice... it is not about service....sure, it's good stuff, yet He wants GOD stuff!

Chew on this one more time:
'There is all the difference in the world between your surrendered life in My hands, and Me living My life in your body.'

So, here's where I need and ask for YOUR help... Give me some Scriptures that relate to this deep, intimate indwelling of God in us...