Paul traveled through the interior of the country and down to Ephesus where he found some disciples. He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?”
They answered him, “We have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”


And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. Acts 19:2-3, 5-6


Most of us could say that we have heard of the Holy Spirit. And many of us could say, if we’re honest, that the Spirit is not really relevant to us. We learned about the Spirit at some point on our Christian journey, but apart from a few appearances in the Gospels, the Holy Spirit doesn’t seem to stand out much. The Spirit seems to fade into the background.


The truth is that the Holy Spirit is referred to in the New Testament as the “power of God.” The word for this power is “dunamis,” which is the root of our words, “dynamite” and “dynamic.” When Christians are baptized in the Holy Spirit, they are activated and unleashed to do the same amazing things that Jesus did. It is due to the power of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian that the Kingdom of God can be proclaimed and demonstrated.


Spend some time in quiet before the Lord and ask him to show you the Spirit’s power in your life. Our Heavenly Father is waiting for us to ask for more of his Spirit in our lives.