Daily Bread - APR/23/07
Ephesians 3:7 - Of which I have become a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me according to the working power of His power.
Paul was able to represent Jesus by a life full of signs and wonders because he was given miracle power (Acts 19:11-12; 15:12; Romans 15:19; Hebrews 2:4; 2 Corinthians 12:12). That same miracle power of the life of Jesus resides on the inside of each one of us (John 15:5; Mark 16:17; Acts 1:8; 1 John 4:4; Colossians 1:27). There are two Greek words used here for power, "energeia" (working power/supernatural strength/ divine activity) and "dunamis" (the power of Pentecost/ God's power). The ability that Paul had to represent Jesus and live the Christian life was supplied directly to him through the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:5).
This is not some esoteric activity of God that takes place absent of our will and consciousness. Rather, this is an activity of the Holy Spirit in our lives not unlike any other relationship (Ephesians 3:16; 6:10; Colossians 1:11; Isaiah 40:29-31). We must recognize His presence and both obey and yield to His direction. The Holy Spirit desires to supply us with miracle-working power every day. We must learn to depend upon the ability that God supplies to us through His power at work in our lives. Through interacting with the Holy Spirit in praise and worship, reading of the Word of God, and giving ourselves to prayer, He trains us to yield to Him. He builds up our faith and expectation to do everything that He said we can do (John 14:12; Philippians 4:3; John 15:7). As we walk with God we learn to expect a miracle instead of wondering how things are going to work out. Miracles should be an everyday experience for the child of God who is in expectation of seeing God at work in their lives.
Our life in Christ Jesus began with a miracle. As we yielded to the Holy Spirit and responded to the promise of salvation, He performed the greatest miracle of our lives and transformed us into a new creation (John 3:6; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Romans 8:9). As we learn to walk in the love, joy, and peace of the Holy Spirit we will find ourselves continually overwhelmed with His presence. As we grow and mature in Christ we become more confident of what God will do than what we can do (Philippians 3:3; 1:6; 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2 Timothy 2:21; Hebrews 13:21; Zechariah 4:6). If we will simply take hold of the reality that without Jesus we can do nothing then we will begin to put our faith in the activity of God working through us. Right now the Holy Spirit has a supernatural supply of power for you, and it is God¹s will that you be endued with His divine ability (Romans 13:12,14; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 4:24; Ephesians 6:11; Colossians 3:10, 12, 14).
Be a blessing,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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