Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1.8, KJV)
Many Christians ask, “What can God do for me?” While this is important, you should be asking, “What can I do for God?” I’m a citizen of the Kingdom of God. I’m an Ambassador of the Kingdom of God. The power and authority I have is not my own, the Power and Authority I have is from the Kingdom I represent! What I do in my life should represent the Power which God has. My strength is not my own strength, but His. This is what drives me to greater efforts to glorify Him.
I want to challenge you, what are you going to do with your Christian life to reveal God’s Power on earth? I want to share something with you of what is driving me. I love sport. Aged 91, I’ve just sold my sailboat, and I’ve just bought a power boat! I love cars, I love adventure! My favourite car is 15 years old; but I love that car because the engine has a turbo-charger. When I’m driving this car, I know the exact moment when the turbo kicks in! I start driving, and it’s slow. But I know the exact point when – whoosh – it’s away! I love that power!
That should be the Church! What happened at Pentecost? The Church was slow. Pentecost came, the Fire and the Power of the Holy Spirit fell – and the Turbo kicked in! Acts 1:8 – that’s the Turbo! – You will receive Turbo-Charging when the Holy Spirit is come! Church – when the Holy Spirit comes, the Turbo kicks in! And the Power of God is released! WOW! Power! I love this Book! I love the Bible. You may think that aged 91, I’m old. But the ‘Me’ inside is young! Pentecost was a revolution in the Church. It brought change, it brought Power to a weak frightened group of believers! When we celebrate Pentecost, it’s the second greatest miracle in history after the Resurrection! Pentecost is Fire from Heaven – ON YOU! What have you done since you believed – what have you done with the gift you received when Pentecost came on you?! Where is the demonstration? Our God is POWER, GLORY! When His Power comes into our lives, we become Turbo-Charged! All my life I’m searching for more Power, I’m never satisfied… I want to see bigger miracles, more of God’s blessing – I want God to be glorified!
It says in Daniel 11:32, ‘Those who know their God will be STRONG and DO EXPLOITS!’ Exploits – that’s doing the impossible, like climbing Everest, going to the Moon… How many of us really KNOW God, how many of us actually do exploits?