If you’re like most Christ-followers I know, you’ve probably walked through a season or two when you really could have used a restart button.
Maybe you’re in that kind of a season right now, and you know that the life you’re living is not the best life God has for you. If that is true for you, I’ve got great news.
In the first chapter of Acts, we read about Jesus speaking with his disciples on the Mount of Olives, which stands just east of Jerusalem. The Lord had chosen them, taught them, loved them, prepared them, and now was commissioning them before he ascended into heaven.
But first, Jesus gave them a promise…
“For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” (Acts 1:5)
Jesus was foretelling the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2—the day when the Spirit of God would take up residence in every believer and the church of Jesus Christ would be officially born.
What was true for those believers gathered at Pentecost remains true for us today. When the Holy Spirit infiltrates a human life, power starts to flow. And the Spirit’s first objective is the renovating work of transformation.
Spirit-led believers experience this transformation as they move from emptiness to fullness, from failure to faith, and from fear to courage.
Friend, you have plenty of power awaiting you, life-changing, habit-altering, pain-alleviating power. And it comes by the Spirit living in you. So if you’re in a season where you need a restart, look to the Spirit.
Let Him transform you from the inside out—because God promises He can… and He will!
