Every Christian blessing is a gift. We do not get these blessings by our own efforts or prayers. We receive them when faith receives Christ and believes the gospel of His grace (Eph. 1:3). Those who believed the gospel on the day of Pentecost received also the gift of the Spirit (Acts 2:38).
Our enjoyment of that which we have received depends upon our walk (Rom. 15:13; Eph. 4:30; 1 Cor. 2:15). Let us walk carefully, prayerfully, subject to the Word, and judging all that would hinder the blessed Spirit of God taking of the things of Christ and showing them to us.
H. E. Hayhoe, from The Holy Spirit: His Person,
His Coming, His Operations