How to wait for God's power in your life (Part 3)

You get up at 7am to ask for and receive God's power for your day, for the job you are going to.  Do you have to wait an hour and 10 minutes, according to the times given in part 2?  Not necessarily.  You need to get up early enough to not be rushed, and to know you've received God's power.  Yet even if you over sleep and are late, remember you still had 20 minutes to drive to work.  You can wait for and receive God's power in the 20 minute drive. And you will know it. Just as Jesus and His followers knew they had God's power for God's work, so will you.


This is how to wait for God's power in your life.

• In at least the 20 minutes you have to get to work, simply unconditionally surrender your will to God.  If you have any unconfessed sin in your life, confess it.  If you are holding on to anything or anyone more than you are holding on to God, let him or her or it go.  Dedicate yourself completely to God.  Dedicate your job completely to God.
• Ask God to fill you with His Spirit to do His work, to do your job for His glory and in his power.
• Thank God that He has done it, because God answers every prayer that agrees with His will.  Your prayer, by definition, is according to His will.  Keep thanking and praising God until you get to work.

When you do this, you will sense with certainty a new ability.  You will be conscious of power and confidence that doesn't come from your training or schooling or natural talents.  After all, you are asking for God's power, so your conscious experience will be a power that is in fact not your own.  This may be dramatic and emotional, even overwhelming.  Or it may be a quiet unexplainable confidence of God's presence.  But know this for certain, you will in fact sense the very power that you asked for.  You will know it, just as Jesus knew it. 


The key is focus on God's purpose. 
To accomplish God's purpose you need God's power.


What is God's purpose for you? 
What will He give you power to do?
He will give you power to do the job you already have.  If He wants you to have another job, He'll give you one, and give you the power to do your new job. 


Taking time before you work to ask God power to do the job you have is the way to wait for God's power in your life.