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Paul’s message and his preaching, two very specific and
different things are mentioned in the passage.
In the same way each of us has a message that we live every day. Whether that is the message of how we live
family, business or relationships, the way we live life is a message that the
world is hearing every day. Our lives
are about something.
Preaching on the other hand is what we have to say about our
message. Who do we give the credit
to? Is our success due to good living,
hard work and planning ahead? While
these are definitely good things, in the end, in and of themselves their sum
total amounts to Paul’s referenced “wise and persuasive words.” God has so much more for us than this.
What if both our message, the way we live life and our
preaching, what we credit as our source and motivation, were not simply wise
and persuasive words, but were instead an actual demonstration of the Spirit’s
power?
What would it look like for your family to be
supernatural? Abraham and Sarah had
children in their old age. How about the
little boy whose five loaves and two fish fed 5,000 people? The widow had a small vase of oil that just wouldn't quit. Another poor widow's mite amounted in God's eyes to more than all the Pharisee's gold. Their message was that God can multiply anything no matter the physical circumstances and that his view of supply is a little different from our view!
What would it look like for your business to be such a
demonstration of the Spirit’s power because your nets caught so many large fish that the nets start to break? What if you got money to pay your taxes the same way Peter did, by getting a coin from a fish’s mouth? What if we like Jacob, while following the Lord reaped a 100 fold of everything we
planted, although the entire world around us is in economic turmoil?
Above is a picture of an 85 pound amberjack that I caught while deep sea fishing several miles off the coast of Louisiana. An 85 pound amberjack is basically a great granddaddy of amber jacks and it is rare that one ever catches one of this size. Wikipedia says the average adult amberjack weighs 40 pounds or less...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amberjack . Like this monster amberjack, let's believe for a demonstration of the Spirit's power by trusting God to help each of us catch the big fish in our families, businesses and our lives!
Jesus said that we could do greater works than him. Let’s take some time to ask God to transform our lives in such a way that consistently demonstrate the Spirits power. God’s goal is this…that others faith would not rest on our good advice and hard work, but that their faith would rest in God’s power.
