Daily Bread - DEC/12/07
Luke 1:41 - And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary the baby leaped in her belly and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
The word of God carries with it an anointing ready to be imparted to those prepared to hear. As Elizabeth heard the words of Mary, the anointing came upon her and she was filled with the Holy Spirit. Elizabeth's response was like the seventy that received the anointing that was in the life of Moses: she began to prophesy (Numbers 11:24-30). It would not be difficult for Elizabeth to understand the impossible story that Mary would need to tell her of how a virgin could be pregnant with a child. The message would be announced through Elizabeth's own lips by the Holy Spirit. The word that was placed in Mary's mouth by the Holy Spirit imparted a divine empowerment to both Elizabeth and the baby. The baby was filled with the Holy Spirit and leaped for joy and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied (vs 44; Luke 1:15).
When God's people receive the divine power to be witnesses of Jesus then their words are filled with faith and power (Romans 10:6-8, 14-15,17; Acts 10:44). The most important message that must be proclaimed is that Jesus has come into the world to save sinners! Through the proclamation of the word of God the sinner will be transformed into a saint, evil spirits will go out, the crippled will walk, and the blind will see (Luke 4:18; John 14:12; Mark 16:17). The anointing of God goes forth like a river out of the mouths of His servants and binds up the broken in heart and sets the captive free.
The word of God - which is the word of prophecy - is the testimony of Jesus. The testimony of Jesus is spirit and life (John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:13). The word of Christ is the gift of God, and when it is received becomes a wellspring leaping up in the womb and flowing forth like rivers. The anointing of the Holy Spirit conveyed by the word of God produces a continual filling of the Spirit so that we may speak to ourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs (Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:18-19). As the testimony of Jesus pours out of our bellies like waters of life, the sound of it causes all who know that joyful sound to be filled with the Spirit over and over again.
Be blessed,
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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