Luke 24:49 (ESV)
And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon
you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
Shortly after WWI, Lawrence of Arabia was entertaining
some of his Arab friends in Paris. He showed them the sights of the city: the
Arc d'Triomph, the Louvre, the Champs Elysees. It was a remarkable irony to
Lawrence that these amazing sights were not what most impressed his Arab
friends -- but rather the bathtub faucet of their hotel room. They were
completely astonished that someone could turn a handle...and get all the water
he wanted.
As they were preparing to leave Paris, Lawrence found his
foreign friends in the bathroom with wrenches trying to disconnect the faucet.
They said, "It is very dry in Arabia. What we need
are faucets. If we have them, we will have all the water we want."
Lawrence had to explain that the water did not come from the faucets, but
rather from the water supply to which they were connected. It doesn't matter if
you have a faucet -- if you're not connected to the water supply!
As we look at the day of Pentecost, we're reminded of how
God filled those in the Upper Room with power from on high! They waited – and
waited – and waited, for the promised coming of the Holy Spirit. They didn't go
forth proclaiming the gospel until they were filled with power from on high. I
believe as they were in prayer in the upper room, God was revealing different
sins in their lives that He wanted them to deal with, so that He could fill
them to overflowing. The Lord did not want these saints just to be faucets --
but rather, conduits of His power!
Let's spend time today making sure all the obstructions
are cleared -- so that we can be the spirit-filled saints God has called us to
be in these last days! Let's be sure we're doing the work, fully endued with
power from on high!
Dear Lord, help us to clear the obstacles in our life so
that we can be a clear vessel so Your Holy Spirit to fill us up. In the Name of
Jesus, Amen.
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