Who is the Holy Spirit? In earlier devotionals, I wrote that “the” Holy Spirit is unique, fully God, the Third Person of the Trinity.

I also emphasized that the Holy Spirit is all “holy” – separate, pure, sacred, and reverenced above everyone and everything.

He is also named as “Spirit”, indicating three aspects of his nature.

As Spirit the Holy Spirit is invisible. He doesn’t have a physical body or physical substance that you can touch or see or hear. He is moving, acting, working invisibly.

In contrast, when Jesus was here on earth, the disciples heard what he said, saw what he did, and physically touched him (1 John 1:1-3). Now Jesus has a resurrected body with flesh and bones (Luke 24:39).

As Spirit the Holy Spirit is free. We’re bound by human limitations. But the Holy Spirit isn’t bound. Outward influences, forces, or causes don’t affect him. He’s totally free.

You can’t put him in a box. Jesus said he’s like the wind blowing (John 3:8). He freely does whatever pleases God most, which is always good for God’s kingdom and always good for us.

Wherever he manifests himself, he brings freedom from sin and darkness. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17).

As Spirit the Holy Spirit is powerful. Humanity has discovered and used various forms of power.

The physical power of people and animals. The harnessed power of fire, wind, coal, gas, oil, steam, electricity, atomic energy, and nuclear energy. The strategic power of laws, weapons, armies, and technology.

These can be powerful, but the Holy Spirit is all-powerful. The source of power. The one who brings power. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you” (Acts 1:8). The Spirit brings the holy energy of God.

You can’t control the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit controls you.

Reuben Torrey said, “If we think of the Holy Spirit only as an impersonal power or influence, then our thought will constantly be, ‘How can I get hold of and use the Holy Spirit.’

“But if we think of him in the biblical way as a divine Person, infinitely wise, infinitely holy, infinitely tender, then our thought will constantly be, ‘How can the Holy Spirit get hold of and use me?’”