BE FILLED

Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. (Ephesians 5:17-21)
Paul tells us in this passage that true communion with God comes from being filled with the Holy Spirit. Note! Paul is not speaking about the Holy Spirit's indwelling or the baptism by Christ with the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:9; 1Cor. 12:13), because every believer is indwelt and baptized by the Spirit at the time of salvation. Paul is saying that believers should live continually under the influence of the Spirit; by obeying the Word of God, pursuing pure lives, confessing all known sin, dying to self, surrendering to God's will, and depending on His power in all things. May I say being filled with the Spirit is living in conscious presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, letting His mind, through the Word, dominate everything that is thought of and done. Being filled with the Spirit is the same as walking in the Spirit. The principle! "complete surrender of self to the Spirit's control." The results! "joy unspeakable". You think about that.