Cooperating With the Holy Spirit, The Power Source
We have discussed how the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the gateway into the supernatural
manifestations of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the power of God. Yet the truth is so many
believers who have received the inflling of the Holy Spirit do not reach their full potential in
learning to cooperate with the Holy Spirit, who is the Source of all power.
I believe that often we have been so concerned with receiving the Holy Spirit as an outward
experience or with some feeling of ecstasy from the natural standpoint, that we have missed
the reality of what the Holy Spirit came to do in us and through us on a con-tinual basis
through the baptism of the Holy Spirit
When the baptism of the Holy Spirit is just an experience with believers, they talk about "it," the
outward manifestation and miss the reality of the Holy Spirit on the inside of them. We should
be conscious of the Holy Spirit's indwelling Presence every waking moment.
'Something More'
At the close of one of my services once, a man came
to me and said, "Brother Hagin, I want you to pray for me. I need something more than what I
have."
I said, "First, let's find out why you need this 'something more."'
"Well," he replied, "to put me over in life."
I said, "Oh, then you want me to pray that God would give you something more than what you
have to put you over in life, to make you a successful Christian, to give you power, and to help
you when you meet the tests and trials of life?"
"Yes, yes, yes! That's it!" he exclaimed.
"Well, let's find out what you do have and we will see what we need to pray for that you don't
have. Are you saved?"
"Yes, Brother Hagin, I was born again eight years ago."
"All right," I said. "I will accept your testimony. Don't let the devil talk you out of it."
I continued, "Have you ever read where Jesus said, '. . . we [My Father and I] will come . . .
and
make our abode with him'?" (John 14:23).
"Yes, I have," he answered.
"And have you received the baptism of the Holy Ghost? Are you filled with the Holy Ghost?" I
asked.
"Oh yes, I was filled with the Holy Ghost just one year after I was saved."
Then I quoted the scriptures to him: "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:
because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world" (1 John 4:4) and "What? know
ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God. . .
?" (1 Cor. 6:19).
Then I asked him if he had ever read these scriptures.
"Yes," he said, "I have read them."
"Well, if you are born again and Spirit-filled, you have God the Father, God the Son, and God
the Holy Ghost dwelling in you and living in you [Col. 2:9,10 Amp.]. And, Brother, there isn't
anything more to get that will put you over in life. If God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost can't put you over, then you will never get over!"
"Well, I know that. But I need power."
"I thought you said you had the Holy Ghost," I said. "Jesus said, 'But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you . . .' [Acts 1:8]. In fact, the Holy Ghost is the Source
of all power."
I continued, "If you are filled with the Holy Ghost, you have the potential in you for all the power
there is. What you need to do is to learn to cooperate with Him — the Power Source.
You need
to learn to walk in the light of what you have. You need to learn to put Him who is in you to
work for you."
He said, "But I don't feel like I have any power."
I quoted Acts 1:8 to him again: "''But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come
upon you. . . .' Jesus didn't say a word here about your feeling like it."
Then I said, "Acts 2:4 says, 'And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak
with other tongues. . . .' It doesn't say that they felt like speaking with other tongues. It just says
they did it."
I told him, "By way of illustration, I would rather have a million dollars any time, rather than just
to feel like I had it, because you can't spend what you feel. But you can spend what you have!"
The same principle works in the spiritual realm. I have had some of the greatest supernatural
things happen when I felt no anointing or unction at all. I have had the greatest miracles of
healing happen in my ministry when I felt nothing.
Why is that so? Because I knew how to put the Greater One to work for me and to stand on
God's Word regardless of feelings.
FFT: "If you are filled with the Holy Ghost, you have the potential in you for all the power there is. What you need to do is to learn to cooperate with Him — the Power Source.
ACTION POINT: Activate your potential power today!
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