There's much talk about being filled with the Holy Spirit but very little walk in the power of the Spirit. The Spirit filled life is one of total abandonment to God. Dr. Bill Bright, president and founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, describes being filled with the Holy Spirit as spiritual breathing. God cleanses us from sin and we take our position as dead to self. We must appropriate the fullness of the Spirit by faith.
Control is the key to the fullness of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
It means that Christ is in control of our lives when we are filled with the Spirit. He directs our paths and empowers us to be all that God intended. That's why the victorious Christian life is one under the control of the Spirit. A life under the control of the Holy Spirit will always produce fruit that's pleasing to God. I came across this principle of being filled with the Holy Spirit as a new believer.