What You Need, What You Want

Many people want the touch of the Holy Spirit. The question you must ask yourself is not if you can get, have, or hold the touch of the Holy Spirit, but who do you want to experience His touch? Do you want the in-filling love of God for you, or do you want His love for others? The people gathered in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost wanted the touch and power of God to carry His power to others. The people in Jerusalem, who had the Holy Spirit fall upon them, could have cared less about themselves. So badly did those people in Jerusalem want the Holy Spirit for others and not for themselves, they were prepared to do anything, suffer anything, even die, to carry the message of Christ to the world. You can have the same in-filling of the Holy Spirit they had if you are ready and if you are prepared like they were ready and like they were prepared to receive Him. The apostles received power because they saw the needs of their world. The apostles received the power because they saw the burdens of the world, the tasks of the world, the dangers of the world, the opportunities of the world, and they saw the hardships of the world. So ready were the apostles before Pentecost they were on their way to be witnesses without the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Do you want the in-filling of the Holy Spirit to be a witness to others like they wanted to be a witness to others? Do you want the power to fill up the emptiness in your life? Most often, God gives the power to those who need His power for others. God gives the power to those who are dying to do His work. God gives the power to those who are willing to die to do His work. In your life, when what you have to do is not doable...when the mountain is too high...when the water is too deep...when you know and everyone else knows you can't do it...these times are when the Holy Spirit fills you and you do the impossible. If...the impossible is what God wants to be done through you.