Jesus said, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses" (Acts 1:8). How urgent it is that we are filled with the Spirit, controlled by the Spirit, and walk in the Spirit so we can experience His power.
Jesus told the spiritual leaders of His day, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God" (Matt. 22:29). God wants us and expects us to know and use the power of God in our ministries.
Paul wrote, "My message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God" (1 Cor. 2:4–5). Our preaching and teaching and reaching the lost must not be with persuasive words of earthly wisdom, or it comes to naught. Sad to say, much of ministry is just man's wisdom. We must cry out for a demonstration of the Spirit's power in our lives.
God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and of love and of discipline (2 Tim. 1:7). WE HAVE NO EXCUSE. POWER is the key to soulwinning! Since Jesus walked in the power of the Spirit, how much more do we need to walk and work and witness in the power of the Spirit? Don't leave home without it!
Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord" (Luke 4:18). Have you sensed this anointing?
Oh, my soul, how we need to teach and preach and reach the lost with the power of God. When we do, people will be astonished and will come running to hear us.
Dear people, you can have the power of God in your ministry, whether it be teaching, preaching, or reaching the lost for Christ. PRAY FOR POWER!
Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, give us this power for the right reason. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Quote for the Day: "The Savior went up (Acts 1); the Spirit came down (Acts 2); the saints went out (Acts 3–28)."
