From Carolyn Baker
He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is mine and declare it to you. (John 16:14)
Prayer:
Father – everywhere we look in these days it is easy to see unrest and fear taking over this land. However, as I look at the conditions around me, I clearly see Your desire to accomplish miracles through the intervention of your Holy Spirit – as Your people bow their knees in prayer. I see the hand of our God at work in amazing ways, as You transform us - and accelerate in us – in spite of this unrest and fear.
Even though many people appear to be weary and overly burdened, I see you at work helping them to overcome the delays - and persist in faith through the attacks. I hold on to the fact that You have promised there will be a time when there will no longer be any delays – and I choose to focus my prayers on this promise.
I invite you to come Holy Spirit and invade every fiber of our being! I invite You to have Your way with us, so that the pure and holy will of our Lord will become a reality - shining brightly out of all of us as we work in Your harvest fields.
Just as You gave Your apostles the authority to do what You did, I trust You to help us, through Your Holy Spirit, to duplicate Your ministry, just as they did in a very brief period of time. I sense Your desire to spiritually fulfill Your people in a way that only Your will can accomplish.
I am trusting You Jesus to accelerate the process of spiritual maturity in Your people so Your anointing – through Your Holy Spirit – can be visibly seen in Your church, in a way that no man can deny its reality. I may be asking a lot, but then again, You are a very big God. I am grateful that Your Spirit is actively working to grow our leaders. Thank You that You are giving them a strength and wisdom that only You can impart.
To glorify You is our goal as believers! Your Holy Spirit is all about glorifying You, and seeing that You are given Your proper place in Your Body. It is in Your blessed authority Jesus that the Holy Spirit teaches us and then uses us. I stand on this truth and claim it for the cause of Jesus!
My prayer today is that we will begin to receive what You have to teach us in a way that glorifies our King, raising up a people that is fully prepared to take their rightful places – which has already been prepared for them. Teach us to be selfless – not self- serving - so You can use us fully. Help us to glorify Jesus in what we do, so You can then give us Your power to accomplish what is needed in these times of unrest and fear.
In whatever remaining years I have left, I pray Your power will be manifest in my ministry life. I also ask You to help me pass this on to those I mentor and teach – and pray for! I take very seriously Your challenge to grow Your people to a place of maturity so they can stand firmly in the face of whatever challenges are leveled at them - and at Your church.
I can think of nothing more important than helping your people draw closer to You, so that they can be used to accomplish great things for You in their own lifetimes. I pray they will keep You first in their lives - praying and worshipping You, as you deserve to be worshipped. I pray they will follow the lead of Your Holy Spirit, so You can use them to change the world, and wipe away the fears, tears and hopelessness that so exemplifies our world today.
We can do it – we are charged to do it – we are it! To You be all the honor and the glory!
Devotional Idea:
We are living in amazing times! We have been given the greatest honor of all – which is to serve Jesus in our generation. How blessed we are to be part of what He is doing - as He uses us to change the very face of the world as we have come to know it. Whatever distractions or worries you have, take this time right now to ask the Lord to help you lay them down - so you can be used by Him to build His House. Thank Him for all He is doing in your life – ALL of it – the good, bad and the ugly. Remember, He never wastes a tear, and is in fact ministering to us through our tears. He is working in these days in miraculous ways, and His invitation is yours to join him in His effort. He wants to use you to transform this world. I admit, in the human sense of things, this sounds like a huge undertaking - but keep in mind, that in three brief years Jesus raised up His apostles to change the world as they worked as He taught them. My question to you is: How big is your God? I believe we can do this very same thing today – because of Jesus’ position at the Fathers right hand. Remember, Jesus said, “and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the Father.” Look around you at the leaders He has already sent us –than take a look at yourself - and ask the Holy Spirit to show You how He wants to use you. The anointing of Jesus Himself is yours – and He will use it to help you discover your own purpose on this earth. Don’t miss out by giving in to fear. Once again, I ask you: HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? Please journal!
