What are You Waiting For?

“Wait for the Promise of the Father.” Act1:5

                God cannot lie. He is true to His word. If God gives a promise than there is nothing more certain in all the world. I think everything else has happened; the sun has stood still, waters have parted, bread has been multiplied, armies have been blinded, the dead have been raised, all manner of human laws have been shattered by God. But God will not nor can He lie.

                The promise of God is not only sure it is worth waiting for. The Holy Spirit was the fulfillment of the guarantee. At the time they waited people were still in need of healing. Some were suffering from demon possession. Others had never heard the good news of Jesus. Yet they are told to wait.

                When a recruit signs up for the military, they are certainly not sent out the next day to go fight. There is a long screening, testing and training process before the possibility of combat. God does not want His troops going in under armed. Jesus did no miracles without the help of the Holy Spirit, neither can we. But Jesus had the Holy Spirit (descended on Him at His baptism) and now so do we.

                The disciples had to wait until Pentecost for the Spirit to be poured out upon them. We do not have to wait. He is already poured out. He is here. Waiting, wanting us to invite Him, He desires us to receive Him. For in Him is power. Such power it was worth waiting for. Do you have the Holy Spirit moving through you? If not why are you waiting?