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I would say that John Belt is definitely a presence carrier of the Lord. I've done meetings with him...and the presence of the Lord is readily available in his meetings and through his worship.
He writes often about God's presence and glory...and this article today is about how we can "tap into" God's power...
John shares here:
As we seek the face of God, the presence, God's glory should be manifested in our lives. When His glory is manifested, there is the potential of His power to be released through us. It is the power of God that brings a person to salvation, that sets someone free, brings healing and causes miracles to happen.
Now who wouldn't want to tap into His power...when we know ALL that is available to us through Him?
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"Tapping Into God's Power Supply"
John Belt, Cincinnati, OH
Luke 24:49, "And look, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
God has called us to be a people who carry the substance of His presence and have a live connection to the power of His Holy Spirit. Just as Jesus told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they received "power" from on high, Jesus knew the essentiality of that power to our lives and for the Gospel to be fully demonstrated. If the disciples would have gone out without following the Words Jesus had spoken to them, not waiting to be clothed with the power of the Spirit in Jerusalem, it would have been a flop – no Holy Spirit, no power.
The Power in the Life of Jesus
When we look at the life of Jesus, we see He was totally connected to the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus fasted for 40 days (Mark 1:13). After that time, He was anointed with power to heal all who were oppressed of the devil. The power of God breaks all oppression. As Jesus sought the face of God for 40 days sacrificially, He was clothed with power for the task which God had called Him to.
Luke 4:14, "Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee. And His fame went throughout the surrounding region."
With Jesus as our example, we cannot expect results, including changed lives, people set free from oppression, and healing and miracles apart from a life of sacrifice. It was a sacrifice for the disciples to go and wait for that extended period of time in the upper room. We don't know all the details of what transpired there, but can only imagine that they followed the best example that they knew – Jesus, since they were with Him for 3 years. (Photo via flickr)
The price they would have to pay was not a mystery. They knew what had to be done because they had seen it demonstrated before them over and over again. There was a reason Jesus did not just have ministry on earth for 3 months. He had to set the example for His disciples in such a way that it would be embedded in their hearts and minds, so that when He was gone, they would remember the dynamic keys they saw in His life.
The Power of Fasting and Prayer
Matthew 17:14-21, "And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 'Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.' Then Jesus answered and said, 'O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.' And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, 'Why could we not cast it out?' So Jesus said to them, 'Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.'"
What is the implication of what Jesus is saying here? The picture is that...(continue reading)
