Acts 1:8 ‘And you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you..’
• DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 15:1-34; 2 Kings 10; Micah 1
Every child of God is meant to live as a sign and wonder on the earth. By reason of the new birth we have been redeemed by God to live a life of power. And one man who indeed lived as a wonder to his generation was Dr. John G. Lake. He was a man who operated in the power of God at an amazing level. He literally walked and lived in God’s Presence.
John G Lake was in South Africa serving as a missionary, when a deadly bubonic plague broke out. Many people died from the plague. Yet despite the danger to his health, John G. Lake still went about ministering to the sick and burying the dead. One day one of the doctors assigned by the government, noticing this, enquired from John G. Lake what he had been using to protect himself such that he had not been able to contract the disease.
John G. Lake answered him, “Brother that is the ‘law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.’ I believe that just as long as I keep my soul in contact with the living God so that His Spirit is flowing into my soul and body, that no germ will ever attach itself to me, for the Spirit of God will kill it.”
He then invited the doctors to experiment with him. He asked them take some foams of living germs of the plague and put on his hand while he kept his hands under the microscope. And as they did so, it was discovered that instead of the germs remaining alive, they all died instantly at coming in contact with his skin.
The doctors were beyond measure amazed!
He then explained to them, that The Spirit of God emanating from his body killed the germs.
Indeed Dr. Lake lived a life of power. Today, we may look at his life with amazement, but the truth is that such life of power is what every child of God is meant to live on earth. 1 Corinthians 4:20 says that the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
In the kingdom of God, power is our identity. Without being clothed with power, we become cheap preys to the enemy. But when we operate in God’s power we dominate in our environment.
We must understand that power is not an option. The scriptures says that the whole world lies in wickedness, therefore we need power to survive and thrive in the midst of such wickedness. If you want to live a successful Christian life, you must be empowered.
Jesus was anointed without measure and that is God’s target for us. It is God’s will that we rise to the level of power where we live in constant dominion over every opposition to our life and destiny. It is God’s desire that we be in charge wherever we appear. Whenever Jesus appeared, the devils took to their heels and fled.
Jesus lived and walked in Power and authority. And as The Father sent Him, so has He sent us to manifest likewise on the earth. We need to have our spirit empowered for triumph. We therefore must take spiritual responsibility to increase our levels of empowerment to command dominion over situations and circumstances.
Acts 1:8 says you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you.
As Christians for us to see mighty manifestations of power, we have to go deeper in seeking The Spirit of God. There is a level of anointing you can operate on where The Spirit of God literally takes you over. This is the level where Dr. Lake operated. If you take a little sip of alcohol in your house and go out to the street, nobody may know you took a drink except perhaps you tell them. But when you sit down with bottles of alcohol and drink as much as you can, when you walk out of your door, your neighbors will not need to be told, they will definitely know something has happened to you. What made the difference? Volume of intake.
We therefore need to drink enough of the Word for a mighty manifestation of The Spirit in our lives.
When you are drunk, your talk and your walk will be enough announcement. People will know indeed that something has happened to you. Likewise, by the manifestations of miracles, signs and wonders around us,
People we know we are drunk with power. It is not just enough to hear The Word, we must hear till we get to the point of drunkenness, where The Spirit takes us over and begins to move us to do exploits for God.
Just as Dr. Lake’s amazing testimony brought glory to God, so should our lives be a testimony to our generation. Wherever we go the manifestations of the power of God will announce our arrival. May that indeed be our experience in Jesus Name.
PRAYER: Lord, please to develop a greater appetite for your Word and your Spirit so that I can begin to see miracles, signs and wonders in my life in Jesus Name..
QUOTE
Your heart needs to be filled with The Word of God to the point of overflow. – WORDBITE 222.
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]