How to Experience The Spirit's Power in Your Life (Part 2)
"You will receive power when the Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses...to the ends of the earth."~The Lord Jesus, to His followers, before He ascended into heaven.
What does it feel like to experience God's power?
Before we can answer that question, we have to make clear what power is, and what it's for.
So, if you are powerful, you feel capable of achieving whatever you set out to achieve. You feel bold, courageous, confident, and capable to do what you are setting out to do. This is the key to your experience of God's power: if you are setting out to do God's will.
And what is God's will?
According to Jesus, it's to be His witnesses wherever you are on earth.
If you haven't experienced God's power, it's because you aren't setting out to do God's will.
Plain and simple.
But if you are in any way setting out to do anything that is inherently God's will, you will feel God's power in accomplishing that goal. Put another way, if you want to be Spirit filled, you have to use Spirit filled skills. By Spirit filled skills, I mean skills the Spirit will fill! Or things that are inherently according to the Spirit's will.
For example, Jesus said, "When He, the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth." This means the Spirit is the source of truth, and of understanding truth. But He's not just the source of truth. According to John, "The Spirit is truth." And Jesus said, "For this cause I was born, for this cause I have come into the world: to bear witness to the truth. All who are of the truth hear my voice." So the Spirit of truth is truth, and guides us into all truth--the truth that we are supposed to bear witness to, just like Jesus was born to do.
If you want to be Spirit filled, use this Spirit filled skill: bear witness to the truth.
But what is truth?
According to Jesus, "God's word is truth." And according to Jesus, He Himself is "the Truth."
Which leads us back to Jesus' last words to His disciples.
Click HERE for part 3.
What does it feel like to experience God's power?
Before we can answer that question, we have to make clear what power is, and what it's for.
Power is ability to achieve a specific purpose.
So, if you are powerful, you feel capable of achieving whatever you set out to achieve. You feel bold, courageous, confident, and capable to do what you are setting out to do. This is the key to your experience of God's power: if you are setting out to do God's will.
And what is God's will?
According to Jesus, it's to be His witnesses wherever you are on earth.
If you haven't experienced God's power, it's because you aren't setting out to do God's will.
Plain and simple.
But if you are in any way setting out to do anything that is inherently God's will, you will feel God's power in accomplishing that goal. Put another way, if you want to be Spirit filled, you have to use Spirit filled skills. By Spirit filled skills, I mean skills the Spirit will fill! Or things that are inherently according to the Spirit's will.
For example, Jesus said, "When He, the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth." This means the Spirit is the source of truth, and of understanding truth. But He's not just the source of truth. According to John, "The Spirit is truth." And Jesus said, "For this cause I was born, for this cause I have come into the world: to bear witness to the truth. All who are of the truth hear my voice." So the Spirit of truth is truth, and guides us into all truth--the truth that we are supposed to bear witness to, just like Jesus was born to do.
If you want to be Spirit filled, use this Spirit filled skill: bear witness to the truth.
But what is truth?
According to Jesus, "God's word is truth." And according to Jesus, He Himself is "the Truth."
Which leads us back to Jesus' last words to His disciples.
Click HERE for part 3.
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