Jeremiah 29:13-14 ‘And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity.’
DAILY READING 1 John 5; Ezra 3-4; Psalm 92
A. A. Allen was a great preacher used mightily by God in the past century. He was one of the foremost Evangelists of the Healing Revival movement that swept through America in the late 1940’s and 1950’s. God used A. A. Allen to heal thousands and to even launch other ministries such as that of R. W. Shambach, Gordon Lindsay and T. L. Osborn. However, the power of God manifested so greatly in his ministry only came through paying the price of a life of separation, and continually seeking the face of God.
In the late 1930s, Allen accepted a pastorate at the Tower Assembly of God Church in Holly Colorado. It was while there that Allen’s spirit was pricked to seek the secret of God’s power. Fasting was new to him and he had great difficulty in following through with the days of fasting. But one day, when he had prematurely broken a fast, while seated at the table to eat, the Holy Spirit convicted him at the first mouthful and so he dropped his spoon and went back to his prayer closet. He then told his wife to lock him in and not to open the door until he was through with the prayer. He stayed there and prayed for hours. In the course of that prayer he had a divine visitation from God and the light of God’s glory filled the closet. In that encounter God gave him power to heal the sick and to cast out devils.
Shortly after this visitation, Allen was in a church service when a miner came forward who had been blinded by a mine explosion. At Allen’s prayer, the man’s sight was completely restored. And from that point the ministry of A. A. Allen kicked off. And as his ministry progressed, many signs and wonders would follow the preaching of the Word, as many witnessed the mighty outflow of God’s power.
Indeed for us to encounter the power of God we must be willing to pay the price of separation in the place of prayer. Every manifestation of power is a product of long term preparation. It doesn’t take time to manifest but it takes time to prepare. In acts 2, before the power suddenly came down on the day of pentecost, the disciples had long been in preparation in the upper room.
We must be willing to pay the price of seeking God if we desire to see His power at work in our lives. In Acts 4:13, when the Jews saw the boldness of Peter and John, and the miracles wrought through them, they marveled; and realized this was happening because the disciples had been with Jesus. Everyone who desires to walk in power must subscribe to the demand of separating himself to seek God. It is when we separate ourselves unto God, especially in a fast that our ‘light breaks forth as the morning.’ (Isaiah 58:8).
We need unction to function. Every man needs oil in his lamp. The kingdom of God is not in words but in power. The enemy does not respect grammar, but power. He does not respect your title or wealth, but power! It is through the greatness of God’s power that the enemy submits.
John 1:12 says, ‘for as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become sons of God.’ We cannot receive power until we are willing to receive the One who gives the power. And God said in Jeremiah 29:13-14, ‘And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity.’
Truly when we seek God and find Him every form of captivity will be destroyed in our lives. Indeed when God’s power is at work in us, no matter what we face, we can always be sure of victory.
PRAYER:
Lord, please help me to pay the price of separating myself unto You so as to encounter Your power afresh. Please deliver me from distractions and enable me to daily draw closer to You, so as to experience victory in every area of my life in Jesus’ name.
QUOTE:
When you are living and walking in the supernatural, everything natural becomes subservient to you. – WORDBITE 222.