In this great chapter of Luke 8, Jesus revealed His
authority and power to us in several different occasions in the course of just
a couple of days! He showed us His authority over the natural elements. He
rebuked the wind and the waves of the stormy sea and said, “Peace be still”
(Mark 4:39). And immediately there was calm! It was no problem or challenge for
Him because He created them in the first place! Jesus manifested His love for
individuals by crossing the sea to go to one poor lost demon possessed man on
the other side. He then demonstrated His power over demons and evil spirits by
casting them out of the man.
Jesus revealed His power over disease and sickness by
healing the woman with an issue of blood. For twelve years she had gone to the
physicians and spent all her money on them but was none the better. But when she,
simply by faith, touched the hem of His garment, she was immediately healed and
then declared to the whole crowd what had happened to her.
And finally, Jesus declared to the world that He has power and
victory over death when He told a 12-year-old dead girl, “Little girl, arise.” What a wonderful Lord
and Savior we have! He really does care for us and has the authority and power
to keep every promise He has made to us in His Word!
Jesus promised His disciples in 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." He assured His disciples
in Matthew 28:18-20 “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
earth.” And His final word and promise to them was: “And lo, I
am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Do I need to remind us that all these promises are for us
today too!! Because He is with us, we can fulfill His commands and His commission.
And to have and exercise His victory over any and everything we might face as
will live in obedience to His will and daily follow the leading of the Holy
Spirit. When we go in His name, we go in His power and authority! And when we
do, we will experience great things for His glory! We are told and promised in Ephesians
3:20-21: “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that
we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in
the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
Please watch and listen to my video chat today as I share
the testimony of being in a jail cell with an angry drunken man who was intent
on killing some people on a hot summer day some years ago. I will never forget
the manifestation of God’s grace and power that day. And then over the days,
weeks, and years to come, the tremendous and wonderful things that continued to
happen as a result of what took place in that jail cell. Please listen to it
and be encouraged that there is absolutely nothing that is too hard for the
Lord to accomplish through His Spirit’s power and authority!
We are almost at the end of an old year and should be
preparing for the new one just around the corner! If you truly want to
experience God’s power in your life you must daily feed on His Word. Please
accept my challenge to faithfully and consistently read, or listen to, the
entire Bible in 2025. My wife Edith has worked very hard to put together monthly
calendars for a daily Bible reading schedule that will keep you on tract to go
through the Bible in 2025.
Plan A: Read the OT once, the NT twice, the Psalms twice,
and the Proverbs every month. (15 plus minutes a day). https://www.pmiministries.org/daily-bible-reading-calendar
Plan B: Read the OT and NT once, and the Psalms twice. (10 plus minutes a day).
https://www.pmiministries.org/bible-reading-calendar-plan-b
(on a desktop computer you can easily download a PDF copy or print them)
I post these on my website each month: https://www.pmiministries.org/
