Saturday March 25th, 2023
Meditate on: Acts 1:8 BSB
« But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. »
Read: John 15:16 New NKJV
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
Understand:
All Christians are saved and given the mandate to go into the world to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and bring others into the Kingdom of God.
Every Christian has also been equipped with all that is necessary to carry out the assignment.
The Bible makes it clear that God does not give an assignment to His children without providing the necessary tools to execute the task.
Before God sent the disciples out as witnesses to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and uttermost parts of the earth, they were first filled with the power of the Holy Spirit is the One who equips the saints for tasks in the vineyard of God.
The importance of the Holy Spirit is emphasized in Luke 24:49 NLT:
« …..And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven. »
The Holy Spirit is so crucial for service that the disciples were told to remain in Jerusalem until His power came upon them.
When God calls anyone into a spiritual office, it is because He has a role for such a person to play in His redemption plan for mankind. Isaiah 61:1 ISV says:
« The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has empowered me; He has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to comfort the depressed, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners »
The Holy Spirit gives hope to the hopeless, healing to the sick and life to the spiritually dead persons.
Acts 10:38 reveals that it is the anointing of the Holy Spirit that enabled Jesus to do all that He did. Hence, if we are to do the same and even greater works (John 14:12), then we must also be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Are you ready for service?
Prayer point: Father, please anoint and equip me for greater works, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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