In John 7.38, Jesus was speaking and He says

Whoever believes in me, rivers of living water will flow from within him

The Bible says that he was speaking about the Spirit when he said this

So you see the Holy Spirit is not meant to just be in us without flowing from us

It is erroneous to believe or to even teach that the Holy Spirit is in us purely for us

The purpose of the Spirit being in us is that rivers can be created

So that out of us, like the garden of Eden, there will be a flow

The Bible speaks of the garden of Eden

That the river flowed out of Eden, watering the garden first

And then from there, it produced four rivers

And the Bible says that the husband man is the first partaker

I know that we love the outflow

But we don't understand the in-watering

You should never be dry, never be dry in service

Never be dry because you are dispensing

You should never be empty

It is in the in-watering that the ground of your heart is made soft

That the seed of the word of God may find its place and then produce fruit

Because you see friend, he satisfies your thirst first

And he also cleanses you from your dirt

The garden of your soul, your mind, your will, your emotions

That water washes away your lust

It has an effect on your ambition, your pride, your thoughts, your temper

And I know that you want to make an impact in the world

But you have to allow the Holy Spirit first to fill you, to water you

And make you a well-watered garden

I know that you want to take territories for Jesus

But have you fully been taken by Jesus?

No aspect of a river is dry and empty

So no area of your life should be a patched ground

In John chapter 4, the Bible tells us about this woman at the well

The Samaritan woman

And Jesus satisfied the thirst of the woman at the well

And then she went into an overflow

And she called the people of the city

Friends, don't go out trying to give of what you have not had enough of

The flow of a river is what guarantees the cleanliness of that river

If all that God is doing in you is not flowing from you

Through you, to other people, to other places

Then that is a waste of eternal and divine resources

It is the inflow that makes us a well-watered garden

And then it flows out of us to touch the world around us

The Holy Spirit is in you, not just for you

But first for you and then for others

Have a blessed day, friends!