David Diga Hernandez: Living in the Holy Spirit (Body, Soul, and Spirit Explained)

Living From the Inside Out: How the Holy Spirit Shapes Your True Life

I want to talk to you about what it means to truly live in the Holy Spirit. The moment you were born again, something supernatural happened. You didn’t simply adopt a new belief—you received a new nature. You became alive in the spirit. And understanding the difference between your body, soul, and spirit will transform the way you walk with God every single day.

Scripture says in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 that God keeps your spirit, soul, and body blameless. These three aren’t three different people inside of you—they’re the three layers of one life.

1. The Body: Your Earth Suit

Your body is how you experience the physical world. Scripture sometimes calls it “flesh,” and it’s important to understand that the flesh can mean the physical body—but it can also refer to the sinful nature. Your body itself is not evil. In fact, the Bible says it is the temple of the Holy Spirit. God’s glory dwells in you. Your body can be a vessel of worship, service, and love—an instrument God uses on earth.

2. The Soul: Where Decisions Are Made

Your soul holds your mind, will, emotions, and personality—how you think, what you desire, how you feel, and how you express yourself. God gave you a unique personality on purpose. But the soul is also the place where choices are made. Temptation, obedience, surrender—these all begin in the soul and express themselves through the body.

3. The Spirit: Your True Identity

Your spirit is your innermost being—the part of you that became alive the moment you met Jesus. The Bible says, “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” (1 Corinthians 6:17)

Think of two glasses of water poured into one bowl—they cannot be separated. That is the union you now have with the Holy Spirit. Christianity is not about trying to connect with God. It’s about living from the connection you already have.
You don’t pray to get close to God—you pray from closeness to God.
You don’t worship to find Him—you worship from union with Him.

Living From the Spirit

In your spirit, you already have everything God desires to give you:
– His righteousness
– His peace
– His boldness
– His spiritual gifts
– His love for Jesus and others

You do not need more power—what you need is more surrender.
You have the Holy Spirit. The question is: Does the Holy Spirit have you?

Spiritual maturity isn’t your spirit growing—it’s the rest of you catching up to what already exists inside. Revelation is not new information—it is your mind finally understanding what your spirit already knows.

The Danger of Living Facing the Exterior

When you live focused only on the physical world—circumstances, problems, delays, emotions—your life becomes unstable. Everything changes. Everything fluctuates. And your peace will rise and fall with it.

But when you turn inward—toward the spirit—you anchor yourself in what does not change. Trials may come, loved ones may disappoint you, seasons may shift, but your inner life in the Spirit remains steady, strong, and full.

Some breakthroughs God gives are dramatic and external. But others begin with a quiet internal shift. Sometimes God’s greatest miracle starts when you stop looking only around you—and begin drawing strength from deep within, where the Holy Spirit lives.

To Live in the Spirit

To live in the Spirit is to face the things of the Spirit.
To live in the Spirit is to let the inner reality dominate the outer experience.
To live in the Spirit is to allow the influence of God within you to shape everything around you.

This is the life Jesus died to give you—life from the inside out.