That day in the Upper Room, the Holy Spirit was sent to live within 120 believers gathered on the Day of Pentecost, empowering and equipping them to fulfill the work Christ called and commissioned them to do.
Before He ascended into heaven, Christ commanded them saying:
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.Matthew 28:19-20”
Jesus did not send this handful of disciples and believers forth in their own strength to fulfill what seemed, in the natural, to be an impossible task. Through the anointing of the Holy Spirit, who lived within them, they received a divine enablement!
Christ told them:
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.Acts 1:8”
They received the SAME dunamis miracle-working power that had been on Jesus. This power came AS THE RESULT of the Holy Spirit living within them.
In the Church today, we focus on the manifestation of the supernatural power of God. We want to see God’s power manifested in our services. Christians are hungry … seeking to have God’s power working through them.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this desire. God has planned for His power to be released through us to meet the desperate needs in the world today. However, it is the LIFE OF THE SPIRIT manifested in our lives that produces power.
The dunamis miracle-working power of God is released when we are FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT … CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT … LED BY THE SPIRIT … WALKING IN THE SPIRIT!
Do you want God’s power … the same power that was upon Christ … released in your life? Are you spiritually hungry to have a DOUBLE-PORTION ANOINTING of God’s Spirit manifested in your life?
Faith Declaration:
I choose to walk in the Spirit as is the calling commanded of me by God in light of the anointing bestowed upon my life! Through allowing the dunamis power of God into my life, I aim to be like Christ, wielding the same power to serve!