LORD FILL ME AFRESH

LORD FILL ME AFRESH

In Acts 4:1-31, After the brethren prayed, the place they were was shaken and they were all filled with the holy spirit. In Acts 2:1, Jesus promised them the holy spirit and then in Acts 3, as peter preached the word of God, a man at the beautiful gate was healed and rose up and walked.

 In Luke 9, Jesus healed a boy born blind and later the Pharisees started investigating whether the miracle was real and whether the boy was born blind. The enemy looked for ways to dispute the miracle. The man at the beautiful gate was also healed but in his case he ran to the temple and there was serious uproar and while he was speaking with the people in Acts 4, they came and seized Peter and John.

 That is to show that while God is performing miracles on one side the enemy is increasing his oppression on the other side. The enemies came to stop the influence of what the believers were doing in the name of Jesus Christ. The brethren performed miracles according to the standard of Jesus Christ and a true test of sign and wonder from God almighty can be seen in Deuteronomy 13:1-5, when the false prophets word comes to pass, further test is carried out to check whether he is diverting men to follow other gods. Not all signs and wonders are from God almighty as seen in Deutronomy 13:1-5. God saw the level of opposition upon the brethren and decided to refill them with more power of the holy spirit. What the enemy is after are those that do good in the sight of God. It is being on the right path that attracts opposition from the enemies. The power Peter and other brethren used to heal and perform miracles was of God but they still required more power in order to resist the level of opposition on them so God had to fill them afresh with the holy spirit as seen in Acts 4:31. Peter boldly proclaimed to the Sanhedrin that we have no other way of salvation than in Jesus Christ as seen in Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”.

When the Sanhedrin saw the boldness of Peter and that he was uneducated they marveled at his boldness, this boldness came from the power of the holy spirit. With this they also saw the evidence that God is with them. Our prayer is that “Lord let that thing that will show evidence that we are serving you, let it manifest “. After Peter and John were further threatened they were released and they returned to pray and fresh power fell on them as seen in Acts 4:31.

 One thing this tells us is, many times when there are threats, our prayer is channeled towards the threat and enemy, but part of the prayer should be on what God should do to us. There is leakage of power as we do our day to day battle with the enemy. therefore we require fresh grace and filling from God in order to do his work. The brethren prayed in Acts 4:30 “Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus” this shows that as Christians we must constantly pray for new level constantly, every time. One thing God can do is to anoint us with higher power than the opposition facing us and take us to a place where somethings no longer matter.

How does one work to be filled afresh

·         Humility: Ephesians 4:2 “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love” Come humbly before God everyday to be filled afresh.

·         Isaiah 9:7 “Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it.” There has to be an Increase of God’s Government in our life

·         Ephesians 4:13 “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” Grieve not the holy spirit of God and the prompting of the holy spirit. because it is by him we are saved.

·         Godly exercise: Exercise yourself in the place of fasting, worship, prayer and study of the word.1 Tim 4:8, “For bodily exercise profited little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. “

 When there are more oppositions, it is for us to ask God to empower us afresh, so that all men will know that he is God.

Prayer: Father Lord forgive us all our sins and Lord deliver us from everything the enemy wants us to do that will draw us away from his presence.

MINISTER: SAMUEL OGUTA