Super Man

Happy Sunday!

You made it through the first week of the new year!  Congrats!  Praying that the new week is Blessed!

Dr. Bill Winston continued the new series, "Christ In You", with the subtitle, "Fresh Oil".   One of the biggest roadblocks to our spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial development is how we see or view ourselves!  Knowing who we are in Christ is the first step to enjoying all the benefits He provides!

2 Corinthians 3:18 says, "Now all of us, with our faces unveiled, reflect the glory of the Lord as if we are mirrors; and so we are being transformed, metamorphosed, into His same image from one radiance of glory to another, just as the Spirit of the Lord accomplishes it."(Voice).   Christ in us causes us to look more and more like him over time!  Many newborn babies don't really look like any specific person.  But over time they begin to look like there parents.  If they don't, we may wonder what happened.  In this Faith life, we should begin to look more and more like our Father God each year.

Dr. Winston loved Superman as a child.  He even showed us a picture of his childhood basketball team.  All of the team members were in uniform, and he was in a Superman T-Shirt.  He admired the super human feats that Superman was capable of.  Superman in the original series, not the newer darker versions, was a force for good and not evil.   He was not from Earth, but from Krypton a planet that had been destroyed.  His father had the foresight to save his son by sending him to earth.  The original Super Man was Jesus!  He was not of this world, but sent here on a special mission from God!  He told his disciples about it in John 18:36, "My kingdom is not recognized in this world. If this were My kingdom, My servants would be fighting for My freedom. But My kingdom is not in this physical realm."(Voice).   Jesus is the Christ, the Anointed One.  It's the anointing that enabled Jesus to do supernatural things.  Acts 10:38 says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."(KJV).   It's the anointing that we have in Christ that will give us the power to to supernatural things in our lives!

Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."(John 14:12, KJV).  Do you see that?  Jesus said if you are a Believer you are to do greater works that he did!  In order to accomplish your mission, you must have the Power of the Holy Spirit!   Acts 1:8 says, "But ye shall receive POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."(KJV).  The power you need to do greater works is the power of God.  We were never meant to live this life defeated, stressed, overwhelmed, and fearful!  The power is available to you!  After John the Baptist baptized Jesus, he was anointed with the Spirit of God, and then he went out into the wilderness.  You know the story, he was tempted by the devil in the wilderness.  Tempted with the same temptations we face.  He was tempted with the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life just like we are BUT he had the Word, and the Power to stand against the enemy and resist sin!(1 John 2:16).

Your mission should you accept it is to go through this week as an Overcomer!  Use the anointing and the Power of the Holy Spirit to do great things!

Love and prayers, Cynthia