Wednesday October 15th, 2025
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1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,
2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw His star as it rose, and we have come to worship Him.”
3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this is what the prophet wrote:
6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not least among the ruling cities of Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.’”
7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.
8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
10 When they saw the star, they were filled with joy!
Beyond great joy, there is a higher concentration of this energy drink which is called ‘ Exceeding Great Joy’.
In our Bible reading for today, when the wise men who had been traveling a long way, looking for the new born King saw the star again, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
They continued on their journey as if they had just started.
Exceeding great joy gives you the ability to go the extra mile, to do exceedingly great things that ordinary people cannot do.
This exceeding great joy comes from the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 5:18.
When you get this concentration of joy, people will assume that you are drunk.
Imagine seeing two people asking a man who has been lame all his life to stand and walk.
That doesn’t make any sense, but it is only possible when you are filled with the Holy Ghost.
- One unique thing about this concentration of joy is that as you utilise it, you get even more of it.
If you have ever seen someone who the doctors say has only a few more weeks to live and you pray for the individual, then he or she gets healed and lives for many more decades after that, you would get a new rush of exceeding great joy.
Your faith would increase and you would be empowered to do more.
- There are so many people who are filled with the Holy Ghost but never pray for the sick or try to perform any miracle.
Once, when I was crying to God to empower me to work miracles, He told me,
“Keep quiet. Have you used the power that I have given you?”
I said,
“What power?”
He answered,
“Are you baptised in the Holy Ghost?”
I said, “Yes”.
He responded, “What does Acts 1:8 say?”
I knew what it says, but then I didn’t feel like I had received any power so I responded,
“But, I don’t feel powerful” to which He replied,
“Did I say the just shall live by feelings or by faith ?”
The day after this conversation, a woman brought her dying child who had not slept for days, to me for prayers. I remembered my conversation with God so I prayed for the child. After praying, I opened my eyes to see that the child had fallen asleep. When he woke up, he was completely fine. That boosted my faith and filled my heart with exceeding great joy.
I am grateful that He is still filling me with exceeding great joy and working many great miracles through me.
He can do the same for you if you surrender all to Him.
Application – Use the power you received when you were baptised in the Holy Ghost to work miracles through faith in Christ Jesus.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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