Don’t Go Until You Are Empowered
“… stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”” Luke 24:49
You may be educated, experienced, and talented, but you will never fulfill God’s purposes for your life until you are “clothed with power from on high.” Read these two Scriptures: (1) “And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49). (2) “When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting… And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts 2:1-2, 4). The transformation was amazing! Peter, who had just denied Jesus, stood before the crowd and preached the gospel to them. Did he get results? Yes. “… and there were added that day about three thousand souls” (Acts 2:41). And the power they had just received was also their source of strength when they faced hardship and persecution. “And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.” (Acts 4:31). This wasn’t a onetime experience; they were continually filled with the Holy Spirit. You say, “I’m not good enough to be filled with God’s Spirit.” Jesus said, “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13). Today ask God to fill you with His Spirit, and He will.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, empower me with your Holy Spirit as I continue to be Your ambassador to the world. In Jesus’ Name. AMEN.
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