Can you imagine what the disciples must have been feeling when they were in the upper room? The things that had just witnessed, the things they had just heard....The disciples had just witnessed the death, burial, resurrection, and accession in to Heaven. I'm sure they may have felt afraid, hurt by the world, and not sure what the next step would be. They knew what God had told them to do, but yet they knew that they were going to have to take the next step on their own. Yet they gathered together and prayed....They ran to the people who God had called them to walk through life with and they took their concerns to Him. (That's a blog in itself)
Oh but when they prayed....the power fell and the Holy Spirit showed up and showed out. Today I found myself thinking and praying...Lord let the fire fall like it did in the Upper Room. Set the fire in us like you did in them back then.....may it not be something that only exists in the walls of the church, but may it be something that we can walk out. The disciples didn't keep the power up in that room but they took it to the streets, they took it to the people. When God pours out...it's not meant for you to keep it bottled up. People won't always understand it, but that didn't stop them back then and it shouldn't stop us now. The same God that poured out His power then....is pouring out His power now...are we praying for it to happen? God's not looking for us to pray the same old prayers anymore, He's looking for a boldness that comes with wanting more of Him. God honors it, I've seen it. I remember where I was almost 11 years ago when looked at a friend and told her I wanted what she had. Hear my heart for a minute....when you want more of God...it stretches you. When you seek more of Him, it means an emptying of you. The stretching and emptying are painful at first....but nothing is without a purpose for a Child of God safely in the hands of their Creator.
Think about turning on a remote....the power only comes on after you press and release. There is a power on the inside of every Child of the Most High. Often times we have only begun to tap into what God says we can do and to be who God says we can be. The world gets in the way by telling us who we are and what we can and cannot do. Sadly we listen for longer than God ever planned for us to and we end up in chains instead of free. God is patient though...and He will get our attention. When we have walked as far as we can in those chains, He yells a wake up call. When there is an anointing on the inside of us that needs to come out....He allows a pressing. His word promises we are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed. It may feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders and that nothing you can do seems right, but God says that He knows the way you take and you are coming through this as gold. Press through it and release it all (yep ALL in His hands....He wants you which means feelings, thoughts, hurts, insecurities...all).
The word says you have not because you ask not, but it also says to come boldly before the throne of God. Turn up your prayers....start taking back what the enemy has stolen from you and claim it redeemed in Jesus Name. God's waiting to pour out more of Him....ask Him to do it and then get ready knowing that He will!
God thank you for being who you are....and for hearing our hearts even when we don't say a word.
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