The Outpouring

"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you." Acts 1:8 (NIV)

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I waited for power the way I wait for a feeling, expecting it to arrive when circumstances lined up conveniently.

I did not understand it was a promise to receive, not a mood to hope for.

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You do not come on schedule with my comfort. You come as promised, poured out, not measured out in careful, cautious amounts.

Every time I have stepped out in obedience I did not feel ready for, and found strength I did not bring with me, that was You, arriving exactly as promised.

I called it courage.

It was You, poured out on someone who only had to be willing to step forward.

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Forgive me for waiting to feel ready before I trusted Your promise.

You do not wait for my readiness.

You come, and then I find I was ready all along.

Outpoured Spirit, come now, on this, before I feel ready for it.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for power poured out, not rationed.

Thank You for arriving before I felt prepared.

Come now on what I am facing today. Amen.

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