"Forgotten God"

As many of you know, I believe that unless the Holy Spirit is working thru us as believers, we are absolutely impotent. Don’t believe me just look at the Church in America today. Scripture tells us we will receive power when the Spirit comes upon us (and I conclude that indicates we will lack any resemblance of supernatural power in our lives without the Holy Spirit). ALL power comes from the Spirit and ALL power is for the glory of God. In his book “Forgotten God” published by David C. Cook (which I cannot recommend to you strongly enough), Francis Chan states the obvious. The sole purpose of our lives is to glorify God. Everyone would love to be filled with supernatural power from the Holy Spirit…but why? Why do people pray for healing? Why do people pray for traveling mercies and prosperity? Why do people pray for anything…too often with selfish motives…and why are these prayers at times not answered? James 4:3 tells us, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” Chan writes, “Our desire to live should be for the sake and glory of the God who put us on this earth in the first place” (pp84). I am sorry to tell you this (not really!), but God is not concerned with our selfish desires and petty whims. Until we purpose our lives to glorify the Almighty alone we will not realize answered prayer, we will not experience healing, and we will not know the power of God’s Holy Spirit dwelling within us…working thru us. Figured it out yet…it’s not about you…it’s about God.