Wonder Working Power

 There is a lot of talk about the power of God. Rightly so. It is an awesome jaw dropping power. Only trouble is so few people really experience that power. There are hundreds of thousands of preachers in the United States. How many preach with the wonder working power of God? I certainly do not feel like I do, though I long for it. I preach the majority of time without results. The altar is barren Sunday after Sunday. I think that scene is replicated in worship centers across America. 

Where is the wonder working power of God? It does not come from reading books and gaining more intellectual faith. It does not come from sitting in academic classrooms. The wonder working power of God comes from one place. The secret place. The prayer room. Time spent there shut up to God is where what the Bible calls the anointing is born. This fresh anointing does not come without secret supplications. Only God knows how long that will take. 

We seem content without the wonder working power. I am not. I've tasted it. I saw the wonder working power of God in Seminole, TX back in 2010. God displayed that power. We experienced things that have been seared into my soul for 15 years. We saw the wonder working power of God at times weekly, and in one special season, we saw it nightly for weeks. Salvations. Deliverance from sin. Repentance. Brokenness. Revival. 

Since that summer I was forever changed. I can never be content with going  through the motions preaching again. No matter how many lifeless services I endure, no matter how many sermons I pour my out in preaching with no visible results, I know the power of God is wondrous. I know the power of God works in ways beyond explanation. I know God can do more in days with His power than I can ever do in my strength in decades. 

I can't explain why there is such a lack of power of God in the land. I can't even explain the lack of power in my own life. The Lord knows I sure pray. I pray a lot. Maybe I need to pray more. Maybe others need to pray more. I don't have answers. I just have a longing for the wonder working power of God. 

At the end of the day, it is the sovereign choice of God to anoint whom He wants. I long for Him to anoint me. I'm not out trying to make a name for myself. Certainly not trying to climb the ladder of success. I just want to be a vessel in the hands of God. An instrument of God's wonder working power. All I know to do is to keep praying. To keep pleading for more power. To remain faithful to preach the word of God without compromise or cowardice. I have to leave the results up to Him. Will you pray for your church and pastor for the fresh anointing of God to flow and the wonder working power of God to be on full display week after week. May we live to see those days ushered in again.