The Holy Spirit who lives inside you will enable you if it is God’s will that you should live a different life than the one that you are currently living. He has the transformative power if you believe and have faith that He alone will do so.
Until then, I always thought that if I worked hard enough, I would be a better person. It was an eye-opener to realize that our Father does not want or need our self proclaimed efforts. They can neither earn us salvation nor enable us to live the Christian life.
In his letter to the Galatians, the apostle Paul said “Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” (Gal. 3:3).
In our own strength, we need to realize that we are unable to do anything of eternal value. To become the person God wants us to be and to accomplish His will in our life, we must totally rely upon His Spirit. But it’s important to remember, that dependence is not inaction. The apostle Paul described it this way: “I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me” (Col. 1:29).
Depending fully on the Holy Spirit is how our Father wants us to serve Him. We must therefore be perceptive enough to understand that through His will and prayerful contemplation, we can discover how we can live the life that Almighty God intended for us.