Acts chapter 2 is full of life! As I read it this morning I was struck by several tidbits....I asked myself this question - What does it mean when the Holy Ghost falls upon mankind? From my study of this passage I believe it means there is a fresh empowerment with tangible mannifestations following. That is signs, wonders, and miracles taking place that we can see with our natural eye. The passage quotes from the book of Joel that men and women will prophesy, that there will be wonders in the heaven...wonders is always deduced by mankind to be positive signs, but what if it actually meant something like a tornado? (just food for thought) Then it says there will be signs on the earth...Lord, help me to be so tuned into you that I recognize the signs. Then the writer uses the words of David to exhort us to call up on the name of the Lord and to be saved...this is more than salvation, I believe it is God's eternal victory in every situation. David says...the Lord is always before us....HE is at our right hand and we will not be shaken, our hearts will be glad and our tongues will rejoice, my body (this fleshly body) will live in hope. It says that HE (the Lord) makes known to us the paths of life, the paths of life are the ways that will bring fulfillment to us....then it states so matter of factly that in HIS presence we are filled with joy. We are presented with choices everyday.
Today I choose to prophesy the goodness and the favor of God into my own life and the life of my family. I am laying hold of a new empowerment to do the signs of God upon the earth that I possess. Father God, let your power be made mannifest as I make myself available to you. Teach me to recognize the wonders in the heaven and the signs on the earth...give me your eternal wisdom. I will daily call upon your name, I walk in new found confidence today that you are always before me and at my right hand...I purpose today to find you present in my life...I will not be shaken, my heart chooses to be glad, I will use my tongue to rejoice in your goodnesss, my physical body will live in hope, you will make known to me your paths of righteousnes and I will pursue your presence so that I might be filled with joy.
On a personal note...we are in Bull Head City, Az, on a real vacation. Being refreshed in body, soul, and spirit. It is still not hot enough for me, but it is in the near future. Looking forward to following the Lord into HIS richness and grace. Blessings!
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