Let It Flow

Luke 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Shortly after WWI, Lawrence of Arabia was entertaining some of his Arab friends in Paris. He showed them the sights of the city: the Arc d’Triomph, the Louvre, the Champs Elysees. It was a remarkable irony to Lawrence that these amazing sights were not what most impressed his Arab friends — but rather the bathtub faucet of their hotel room. They were completely astonished that someone could turn a handle…and get all the water they wanted.

As they were preparing to leave Paris, Lawrence found his foreign friends in the bathroom with wrenches trying to disconnect the faucet. They said, “It is very dry in Arabia. What we need are faucets. If we have them, we will have all the water we want.” 

Lawrence had to explain that the water did not come from the faucets, but rather from the water supply to which they were connected. It doesn’t matter if you have a faucet if you’re not connected to the water supply!

Read the scripture above again. Think about how God endued those in the Upper Room with power from on high. They waited – and waited – and waited, for the promised coming of the Holy Spirit. They didn’t go forth proclaiming the gospel UNTIL they were filled with power from on high. Perhaps as they were in prayer in the upper room God was revealing different sins in their lives that He wanted them to deal with, so that He could fill them to overflowing. The Lord did not want these saints just to be faucets but rather, conduits of his power!

We need to spend time making sure all the obstructions in our own lives are cleared, a personal Upper Room experience, so that we can be the spirit-filled saints God has called us to be in these last days. We want clean lines between us and the source so we are not merely disconnected faucets but rather fully connected to the Living Water. It is no small coincidence, I’m sure, that water is a conduit for electricity. I doubt we can fathom the vastness of power and supply available through the Living Water. Let’s be sure we’re open to being fully endued with Power from on high!

Lord, I ask You to show me any obstacles in my life that may be blocking the Holy Spirit. I pray for an overflowing of Your power in my life so I may be useful to You in every way. Amen.