"You Have Power"

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.." Hosea 4:6a

Oh, here we go again. I need to clear something up again this morning. I really get tired of hearing preachers tell us that if we really want power and authority we need to get their book, or we need to support their ministry, or we need to send them an offering. It is so sad that we have "swallowed" so much of what we are taught and don't know the truth for ourselves.

You don't have to do all the things they tell you to do in order to receive something that you already possess. They try to make you think that it is only for the "elite" few or they try to place so many conditions on you in order to receive this power. If you are born again, blood bought, a child of God then you have been given power and authority. You already possess it- you don't have to wait for them (some man) to give it to you. In the Garden of Eden God gave mankind dominion (reign, authority, power). Adam lost it through rebellion, but Jesus Christ got it back through obedience at the cross. Absolute authority belongs to Him only but He has delegated authority to His followers in order to carry out His work in the earth-- Jesus gave it to you. (Luke 10:19; Matt. 16:19; Matt. 29:18,19; Acts 1:8; Matt. 10:1)

Same way with the anointing. You don't have to have someone lay their hands on you to receive the anointing. You don't have to wait for some great name evangelist to impart an anointing to you. You don't have to wait to be called out or prophesied over to receive an anointing from God. You already have the anointing too. (1 John 2:20,27; 2 Cor. 1:21) The Anointed One (Christ Jesus) lives inside of you. You can't get much more anointed than that- although you can yield in greater degrees to the anointing that resides in you.

In the garden Adam and Eve believed the lie when the serpent said that if they ate they would become like god. The saddest part was that they were already like God. Not God, but like Him- formed in His image, having dominion over the earth, clothed in His glory, Adam even named the animals on God's behalf, walked on the same level with God and they were sinless and holy. They lost what they had because they didn't realize they already had it. The same is happening to us-- we are losing out waiting for someone to give us what we already have.

Have a great day. Start doing what God has called you to do and stop waiting for someone else to give you what you already possess through Christ.