How to Experience The Spirit's Power in Your Life (Part 1)

"You shall receive power when the Spirit comes upon you..."  
~The Lord Jesus, to His followers, before He ascended into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God

As a follower of Christ, you have a superpower, The Super Power, The Spirit of the Almighty.  Jesus promised you this power, This Person, who would empower you and be your power.  By "power" Jesus meant "supernatural, miraculous, divine power."  I want to share with you what this power is and how you experience it.

GOD'S POWER IS THE SPIRIT IN YOU.
It is written, "God's eternal power and divine nature, though invisible, have been clearly seen through the things God made, so that we are without excuse."  God's power is eternal, unborn, undying, infinite.  This is the power of God, and this is the power Jesus promised His followers.  What this power is can be seen in the life of Jesus, our role model, who was supernaturally born, and who supernaturally lived.  The same is true for you, if you believe in Jesus.  You were supernaturally reborn, and you supernaturally live as Jesus did, as it is written, "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the children of God."  It is written again, that "...as many as received Him, as many as believed in His name, He gave the power to become children of God, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."  As Jesus was Spirit born, you are Spirit reborn.  And as Jesus was filled with and led by the Spirit, your birthright as a child of God is to be Spirit filled and led.  That's what this power is:  the Spirit of God in you, as your life, leading you and empowering you, as it is written, "Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you received from God."  If you believe in Jesus, the Spirit of God lives in you.  This is God's power in you.  This is how you experience it.

GOD'S POWER IS EXPERIENCED BY ASKING FOR IT.
It is written, "If you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask?"  God gives His children His Presence and Power when they simply ask for it.  It's that simple.  In the same way that you asked God to forgive you for your sins, and received forgiveness just for asking, so you receive the Spirit's leading and power just by asking.

"Is it really that easy?"  Yes, it really is that easy, if you believe what Jesus said.
"Then why is it that when I ask, I feel the same, and nothing seems any different?"

We'll get to that in the next blog. (Click HERE  for part 2.)