01/04/2016
The key to walking in the power of God is submission, or voluntary obedience to the Holy Spirit.
Think of submission as a light switch in our home. Assuming that we have paid the electric bill, there is power coming to our home; but if it’s night time, and the light switch is in the “OFF” position, even though there is power in our home, we don’t have the benefit of light. Turning the light switch to the “ON” position allows us to experience the light that having power to our home gives us access to.
Lack of submission, or disobedience to the Holy Spirit switches our “spiritual light switch” to the “OFF” position; so, even though we have the unlimited power of God residing on the inside of us, we experience very little of the benefits of that power, and, the limited power we do experience is due to the grace of God given to us, in spite of our disobedience.
Our submission to the Holy Spirit turns our “spiritual light switch” to the “ON” position, and we then are in a position to tap into the unlimited power of God.
Of course, none of us could handle the total unlimited power of God operating in us because our physical bodies could not handle it, but how much of the power flow we are able to experience at any given time is determined by the “spiritual regulator” of holiness.
The kind of lifestyle we live is important to the born again believer on a number of levels, particularly as it relates to our fellowship with God. Sin in our lives, with no repentance, is destructive to our fellowship with God, and opens the door to the attacks of Satan.
Sin also hinders the flow of the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Living a holy lifestyle enhances that flow, giving the power of God a pure conduit to flow through.
What is really phenomenal is that we don’t even have to depend on our own power or our own ability to try to live a holy lifestyle. We have the power of the Holy Spirit within to help us, and as we submit to that power, we are empowered to live holy, and the power flow of the Holy Spirit operating in and through us is enhanced and increased.
If we do sin knowingly, or we become aware of unknown sin, we must be quick to repent, so that fellowship with God is restored, and that the power flow is unhindered.
We are empowered by the Spirit of God to do great exploits. Jesus said that the works that He did when He walked this earth, we would do, and even greater, using the power and authority of His Name. He said that powerful signs would follow the believer…, that’s EVERY believer, not just the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, or teacher. He said that the sick would be healed, the lame would walk, the mute would talk, the deaf would hear and the blind would see. He said that those tormented and dominated by demonic forces would be delivered and set free, by those who believe.
It is time to walk in the power of God; the power that Jesus Christ made provision for, through His death, burial, and resurrection from the dead. For the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, dwells within us.
