Created For Power

Acts 1:8

"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."

Contrary to popular belief, God is not a distant God. He has made His presence known to man throughout history. Before the fall, the Lord actually walked in the garden and conversed with Adam face to face. In the book of Exodus, God appeared and spoke to Moses in a burning bush; he manifested himself as a pillar of fire and a cloud to guide the Israelites through the wilderness. The Lord was in the flames with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. God robed himself in flesh and made His dwelling place among us. The Holy Ghost guarantees the presence of God in the lives of all born-again believers.

Acts 2:17-19

"17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:" 

And now God has chosen to use us to manifest His power to the world through the believer's life. You were created for the power of God. We have been born of the Holy Spirit, filled with the Spirit, led by the Spirit, taught by the Spirit, kept by the Spirit and empowered by the Spirit.

There are only two powers on the earth: the power of God and the power of the devil. There is nothing in between. We struggle between good & evil, light & darkness, and love & hate. The Word of God clearly shows that a person cannot serve two masters. You are in God's Kingdom, or you are in Satan's Kingdom. There is no middle ground. You cannot claim you live in Gods kingdom and derive your pleasure and your enjoyment from Satan's. (I Corinthians 10:21; I John 1:6; Ephesians 5:11)

As a child of God you have a divine call on your life: Matthew 5:13-14, "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."

"You are the salt of the earth." Salt has healing properties; it preserves, seasons, and creates a thirst. The continuing presence of the Holy Spirit in you causes your life to be a channel of healing and comfort, a seasoning and preserving influence. It makes your life exciting and joyous.

"You are the Light of the world." His Holy Spirit causes your life to be a beacon in the night. Your life, your words, and your attitude become a light to those who are in darkness. 

Now is not the time for indifference. Now is not the time to stand by and watch as the enemy of God destroys lives.

I heard a story once of a man who was found at the beach throwing star fish back into the ocean, the tide had washed them up onto the beach, and they were dying. Some teenagers came by and saw what he was trying to accomplish, and they shouted, "You're wasting your time, you'll never make a difference, there are too many here to save!"

As the man lifted another star fish and threw him back into the ocean he said with a smile, "it made a difference to that one."

Satan's best friend is the lukewarm Christian, they're a false representation of Jesus, and they drive people away from Christ rather than draw them to him. 

There is nothing that Satan fears more than to see God's people on fire for Him. There is nothing Satan desires more than to see the energy of God's children perverted in the pursuit of natural earthly, sensual, and selfish desires or wasted wrapped up in an attitude of indifference.

God wants to set your life on fire. He wants to fill you with His power, release you in fields ripe for harvest, give you the power to witness, set free those in bondage to addictions, and lay your hands on the sick and see them healed.

You were created for power.

There is only one answer for the brokenness of this world, Jesus, and He cannot be found in anything other than the Power of God.

We were created to live in the atmosphere of the supernatural Power of God. As a fish, living on land would be unnatural and abnormal. It is unnatural and abnormal to be called a Christian and have no power in our lives and no taste or desire for the presence of God.