I have in my study a rock, normal and ordinary to anyone else but very special to me. I took it from the valley of Elah, where David slayed Goliath. It reminds me daily of the power of God, of what God can do with a single soul fully yielded to his Spirit. There is no Goliath we cannot conquer in his power. So, where do we get our rocks for today?

The first Christians were a small, unprepared, ignorant band of frightened men and women, 120 up against a hostile world of 25 million. But by Acts 17:6 they had "turned the world upside down" and launched the greatest, most powerful movement in human history. More people follow Jesus Christ than any other religion on our planet, and history itself is divided by his coming.

All through Acts it's the same story--the work of the Holy Spirit gives God's people his power. In Acts 2:4 the disciples are filled with the Spirit and begin to share the gospel in languages they have never learned. At 4:8, Peter the former coward is "filled with the Holy Spirit" and boldly proclaims the gospel to the Supreme Court of Israel. At 4:31, "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly." In Acts 9 Ananias prayed for Paul to be "filled with the Holy Spirit" (v. 17); he was healed and immediately began preaching Jesus (v. 20). In Acts 13:9 Paul was "filled with the Spirit" and defeated the satanic sorcerer on Cyprus. And on the story goes.

These first Christians "all joined together constantly in prayer" (Acts 1:14), the Upper Room of a home in Jerusalem. They spent their days together with God. They made that Upper Room their War Room. And soon they were filled with the power of Almighty God. What the Spirit did through them, he is waiting and yearning to do through us. If we will go where they went, and do what they did, the Spirit will continue his miraculous, powerful work through our lives. The choice is ours.

Get an Upper Room with God. Decide today that you want one for today. Decide right now that you will go there before the war of the day begins. Start every morning there with God. How? Ephesians 5:15-20 tells us: "Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." How do these statements apply to us today? Let's continue tomorrow.

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