When you study Luke 24:49, you’ll see that Jesus instructed His disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were filled with the Holy Spirit, because He knew they needed His divine ability to accomplish the task He had given them. In fact, during His own earthly ministry, He wouldn’t do anything except by and through the Spirit. In John 5:19 NASB, He said “...Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.” The Father He was referring to here is the Holy Spirit, for in Matthew 1:18, Jesus is called the child of the Holy Ghost.
Again, in John 14:10 NASB, He said “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.” He referred to the Holy Spirit as the One who worked through Him to perform miracles. In the same way, the miracles, signs and wonders recorded in our ministry, and the tremendous impact we’re making around the world are in no way by human effort. They are the works of the Spirit of God. We’ve learnt to work by and through the Spirit.
That’s what your life ought to be as a Christian. You have to be continually filled with the Spirit in order to be consistent in your walk of faith and demonstrate the miraculous. The Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus to be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). Make up your mind to do everything by the power of the Holy Spirit, and not just by your human ability. That way, not only will your service to the Lord be accepted and sanctified by Him, you’ll make a more enduring impact with the Gospel.
Prayer
Dear Father, my spirit is stirred as I pray in other tongues today. I’m energised and aglow with the anointing and your grace, to make a lasting impact in all aspects of my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
