Power from God
Sometimes, we are favored with good answers to our questions, but there are times that our petition seems unanswered. Thus, you ease the pain by saying, “Wait, there is no problem too big, God cannot solve it,” just as a song contains.
As you seem to panic in a situation, the Lord says, “Be still and know that I’m your God.” Thus, you slumber in his breast, as you are sustained with the rest from him. Let your self be reminded that as you thirst, the oasis of life is there for you. As you are weary, in the Holy Ghost that you receive, there is power.
Don’t be deceived by the rejoicing that is of the flesh, by pleasures that do not consider God. When the time is tight, in just a sudden twinkling of the eye, you might find yourself already fallen. A single mistake could place all good deeds overshadowed by evil. In a single moment that you forget, the works of the enemy might overtake you.
You are not here shaped with the word of God, only to be perfected by the flesh. You exist that you might be fed with spiritual nourishment. The power from God is not just coincidence; it is evidence that you have received the Holy Spirit. The scriptures say, you shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.
As the apostles and disciples are filled with the Holy Ghost, they began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4). Even the Gentiles too listening to Peter preaching are filled with the Holy Ghost for they are heard speaking in tongues, and magnifying God (Acts 10:46).
Paul thanked that he speaks in tongues more than all his listeners (1 Corinthians 14:17). He that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto men but unto God, for in the spirit he speaks mysteries (1 Cor. 14:2). To pray in an unknown tongue is for the spirit to pray (1 Cor. 14:14); and he that prays in an unknown tongue should pray that it might be interpreted that he may pray with understanding.
Speaking in tongues are a therapeutic means of cleansing. The Spirit helps our infirmities for we know not what we should pray but the Spirit intercedes for us with groaning, which cannot be uttered (Romans 8:26). It is also a source of personal edification (1 Cor. 14:4). It also helps us learn to trust God more completely than to men.
It is also a source of ministry of praise and worship. The disciples as they are filled with the Holy Ghost spoke in the languages the multitudes from other places that came to witness understand. They heard the disciples speak in their own tongues the wonderful works of God (Acts 2:11).
By the power of the Holy Ghost, which is from God, we avoid offending others in word as we bridle the tongue and also the whole body (James 3:2). In stammering lips and another tongue will God speak to the people. To those whom he spoke to, this is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest, for this is the refreshing (Isaiah 28:11-12).
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