Be a Power-Hungry Christian

(this is an article that I had written for our church bulletin a couple weeks ago)

Have you ever been given a seemingly impossible task and wished that you had any and all resources available at your disposal? What if the one who gave you that task was in control over such resources and made it all available to you? What would you do with it?

When asked to quote the Great Commission, most of us remember,
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)

But, in our daily lives, we often need to be reminded of verse 18:
“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

The Great Commission, though seemingly impossible at times, is based upon and backed by the authority of the risen and exalted Lord who promises to be ever-present with His people. Even now, as He has taken His place at the right hand of the Father, we have been given the Holy Spirit!
“…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

This month, as we discover how to reach “Our Jerusalem”, “Our Judea & Samaria”, and “The Ends of the Earth”, let us encourage one another to be “power-hungry Christians”! …hungry to be obedient to Christ who is the authority over all things and has given us the power to accomplish His will for His glory!