Would God That the Church of Christ Understood This In Our Days!
SCRIPTURE: Acts 1:5,8 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.
Would God that the Church of Christ understood this in our days! All prayer for the guiding and gladdening influence of the Holy Spirit in the children of God ought to have this as its aim: fitness to witness for Christ and do effective service in conquering the world for Him. Waste of power is always cause of regret to those who witness it. The economy of power is one of the great moving springs in all organization and industry. The Spirit is the great power of God; the Holy Spirit the great power of God\’s Redemption, as it comes down from the Throne of Him to whom all power has been given. And can we imagine that God would waste this power on those who seek it only for their own sake, with the desire of being beautifully holy, or wise, or good? Truly no. The Holy Spirit is the power from on high for carrying on the work for which Jesus sacrificed His Throne and His Life. The essential condition for receiving that power is that we be found ready and fit for doing the work the Spirit has come to accomplish. Seek to combine the faithful and ready obedience to every call of duty, however little thy power appears to be, with a deep, dependent waiting and expectation of Power from on high. \’Let your intervals of repose and communion be the exercise of prayer and faith in the Power of God dwelling in you and waiting to work through you; your time exertion and effort will bring the \’proof that by faith out of weakness we are made strong.
PRAYER.
- Spirit of the living God, rest upon me in your mighty power in Jesus’ name.
- Lord, everything in me or around me that is not planted by you, be uprooted in the mighty name of Jesus.
- Oh Lord, open my eyes to see the gifts you have bestowed upon me in the mighty name of Jesus.