Supernatural Power For Everyday PeopleSample

Apart from God’s power, there is no Christian life. This crucial truth makes the phrase “Christian life in the power of the Spirit” essentially redundant. The Holy Spirit causes the process that Jesus referred to as “being born again,” and the Holy Spirit seals those who are born again to ensure they stand blameless before God at the end of their days, and the Holy Spirit sustains those who are born again every millisecond between those two moments. Because of this, if a person lived apart from the power of the Holy Spirit, he would not be a Christian—in fact, he could not even be said to be spiritually alive at all!

But many of us—Christians included—don’t think of God’s power this way. We experience an especially powerful church service and say things like, “God showed up!” We muddle through an extended period of spiritual drought and say, “God is hiding from me” or “God is giving me the silent treatment right now.” We read in some books or hear in some sermons that God really wants to bless us in some exceptional way if we would only “let” him. All of these ways of thinking betray a fundamental misunderstanding of God’s real presence in our daily lives.

We need to understand that when our life feels lacking in power, it’s not because we haven’t actualized our innate potential. In fact, that’s the problem! When our life is lacking in power, it’s typically because we are working in our own strength too much! Similarly, when our life is lacking vision and we feel confused and bored, it’s not because we are missing out on the power of positive thinking—it’s precisely because we are leaning on our own understanding.

If you are a Christian—that is, if you are someone who has repented of your sins and placed your faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation—God’s presence in your life is guaranteed. His love is always over you, his Son in heaven is always interceding for you, and his Spirit has taken up residence in your soul to give you the power required for every need you have.

If we want to participate in the truly supernatural life in this earthly world, we have to stop looking for earthly solutions to our problems.