When you are a new Christian, you still live in that house and take up most of the space. The less space you take up within that house, the more evident the fruit of the Spirit becomes. The Holy Spirit completely remodels as we give up space to Him. To understand the fruits of the Spirit, it pays to look closer at what they are. Read again the Scripture above from Galatians, Chapter Five.
Love is the first fruit listed.
We all think that we know what love is, that we have experienced real love here on earth. But our earthly love is but a shadow of God s pure love. The shell that is our love is colorless and drab where God s love is vibrant and alive. The Holy Spirit starts to change that pale shade of love that is in us to the deep, rich, magnificent hue that is God s love. God s love has no because in it.