THE POWER TO BECOME
Memorise: But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them but believe on
his name: John 1:12
Read: 1st Samuel 16:11-13,
Bible in one year: Isaiah 9:8-11:16, Acts 3
In 1st Samuel 2:8, we read of
what the Almighty God can make out of the life of an ordinary person. He gives
the power to become. The power comes to an individual by the spirit of God.
When the power of the Holy Spirit comes in contact with an ordinary person,
that fellow cease to be ordinary and becomes extraordinary. However, before the
gift of the Holy Spirit can come upon an individual, he or she must possess
some qualities that would bring about such empowerment. Before God can entrust
you with His power, He would have ascertained that you would make good use of
it. God gives His power for the purpose of expanding His kingdom on earth (Acts
1:8).
David was given the power to become a
deliverance minister through the instrumentality of the anointing. What
spiritual work can anyone do without the anointing? Absolute nothing! Some
people do not know the essence of the anointing; they think being ordained is
just for the conferment of titles such as deacon, deaconess, pastors, bishops
etc. No! The primary essence of being ordained is to impart the anointing that
destroys yokes. Such yokes are first destroyed in the life anointed. The
anointing equips a person for spiritual assignments that are primarily geared
towards the destruction of the kingdom of the devil.
One of my sons described the need for
the anointing this way: “When an engineer does his engineering work in a
secular organisation, he does not need the anointing. However, when that same
engineer becomes engaged in the service of the church, he needs the anointing
to succeed. This is so because the devil knows the now works to pull down his
kingdom through the medium of the Church.” An electronics engineer in the media
department of a living church organisation or in a Christian media house
definitely needs the Holy spirit’s anointing to succeed in making the gospel
heard either through the pulpit or on television screens. This is the reason
why every skilled worker of the church, including financial managers, need to
be born-again, sanctified and Holy Spirit filled if they would not end up
becoming like Judas Iscariot. This will make them obtain power to become
unstoppable and indestructible vessels of honour in the household of faith.
Action Point
Purge yourself of all sinful habits so
that you may be prepared unto every good work as a vessel of honour (2nd
Timothy 2:21).
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