Power Of The Cross

Key Scripture:  "The yoke will be destroyed because of the Anointing.”   Isaiah 10:27

“But the Anointing which you have received…”  from Him abides in you." 1 John 2:27

Power Point:

     Here we are at one of the most incredible seasons of the year.  Easter has arrived in all its glorious splendor.  I don't think it’s an accident that Easter is in the spring where new life is sprouting up all around us.

      Today, I'd like to give you a little different picture of Easter.  In churches around the world the cross will be honored, as it should be.  The important thing for us to remember is that Jesus didn't stay on the cross.  He moved on. The cross was never supposed to be the end of His journey. It was always intended to be the beginning of a new beginning.

     If you read through the last few meetings of Jesus with His disciples, His emphasis is on the Holy Spirit.  He tells His disciples that, “It is to your advantage that I leave because if I don’t leave the Helper, (the Holy Spirit), will not come. When I go, I will send Him to you.”  He's the one who will remind you of what I've told you and empower you to do even greater things than you've seen me do. He will offer you peace that passes all understanding, in addition to joy, love, faithfulness, patience, goodness, kindness and gentleness that you never imagined could exist."  (Suzanne Translation)

     When Jesus held out His hands and feet for the soldiers to hammer in the nails He knew what He was doing. No one had to hold Him down. He knew what it would cost, but He looked beyond the pain, and the shame, and the confusion of those moments-moments that were so few in light of forever.  He would fill us and fill all things with hope.  He thought about our reaction to His peace in our lives.  His heart was filled with the joy of the possibilities that lay ahead for us, for those who received what He died to give us.

    The sorrow of the cross turned quickly into joy.  Imagine what it must have been like for Him to surprise all His friends!  Just think about the joyous reunion in heaven with His Father, Holy Spirit, and all the angels.  We read in scripture that heaven rejoices when one sinner comes to Jesus-imagine the celebration on that glorious day when Jesus returned home.

     Everything about God is beyond our understanding Beloved.  That's why He sent His Holy Spirit to shine His revelation light on the character of our God and on what it means for each of us individually.

      The Anointing of Holy Spirit, our gift as a result of the cross, breaks the yoke of fear and discouragement and empowers us to do what we have been called to do.  The Anointing encourages us in the direst of circumstances. The Anointing reveals the incredible loving heart of a God who sees everything, and cares about everything.   The Anointing brings Jesus into all of our circumstances.  The Anointing will break every chain, destroy the power of evil, and send each of out to bring His goodness to the world. The Anointing of the Holy Spirit allows Jesus to fill all the things in your life.

    The cross and the journey to the cross, make me cry at times.  And yet, I've learned that I can't stay at the cross. Jesus told us to RECEIVE the Holy Spirit.  Why? That's His chosen method of continuing to bring heaven to earth through us.  Because of His Holy Spirit, we can do greater works.  Because of Him we can be greater than the one who is in the world.

Because of Holy Spirit, we can have greater peace, greater joy, and greater power-far beyond what we can see or understand without Him.

     You don't want to be without Him, my friend. You want Him to fill all the things in your life don't you? Jesus was raised by the power of this precious Holy Spirit and your life can be raised to new levels by Him as well.

     Look beyond the cross to the life promised us by Jesus according to the power that works within us.  That power is the Holy Spirit in all of His glory. 

Today can be your own personal Resurrection day. Have you received the Holy Spirit?

Power Declaration:

I will not stay at the foot of the cross.  I am moving ahead with joy, to the joy Jesus has set before me.  By the power of His Spirit, I will determinedly pursue Him and learn what is beyond my understanding of Him.  Because I can.  Because He wants me to.  And because I'm absolutely fascinated by Him.

Copyright © 2015, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work