Living in the power of the holy spirit starts when you get before god james 48 talks about this when james says come near to god and he will come near to you this first step is all about. The main point here is this pauls emphasis in galatians is that living by the power of the holy spirit is pursued the same way you receive the holy spirit in the first place thats the main point of galatians 32 5 namely by the simultaneous act of hearing believing and being empowered. All that god requires of us has been satisfied by the sacrifice of jesus christ the life of jesus in us is enough to satisfy god the power of our new life is not the works of our weak humanity but the dynamic power of the holy spirit released in us romans 85 or the things of the holy spirit that is doing what pleases god the aramaic can be translated those who are in the flesh see him only in the flesh but those who are in the spirit see him in the spirit. The power of the holy spirit enabled the disciples of christ to turn the world upside down with the powerful preaching of the gospel they could not have accomplished this in their own power jesus promised that the spirit would come live within them and empower them in a miraculous way