Acts 1:8

Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, that sounds exciting. But the power isn’t for us to use for our own ends, it’s not for us to use it to do whatever we want to do with it. The power that we receive from the Holy Spirit is for us to use as we witness to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. Peter confirmed this when after healing a lame man at the temple astounded everybody, now if Peter was using this power for popularity or anything else it would’ve been readily apparent, but here’s what he said. Acts 3:12b “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? And then he goes on to tell them about Jesus and their need for him. The power of the Holy Spirit is never meant to be used to glorify oneself, but to point others towards God.

Application-As I continue to pray for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit I will remember that the power is not meant for my own good or purposes but for the glory of God.