Pentecost

Today the church celebrates Pentecost - the special visitation of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples (see Acts 2:1-41).  This empowering by Holy Spirit made fearful men and women bold.  It gave them a surety in their belief in Jesus as Messiah that they did not have before.  They went from being followers of Jesus to leaders of men.

Peter, the one who had claimed not to even know Jesus, got up and gave a speech to an international gathering of Jews.  He quoted a rather lengthy passage of Scripture from the prophet Joel which promised that the Spirit would be poured out on all people and those people would be able to see visions and dream dreams.

Have you been filled with the Spirit?  Do you have visions and dreams?  If not, ask God now to send His Holy Spirit to you in a special way and empower you to see and dream what He wants you to see and dream.

God is able to  "to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20).  To Him be the glory.