The Normal Christian - A Supernatural Life (Daily Devotional)

Welcome back to Living Supernaturally. We hope you’re having a great day today and Living Supernaturally is the daily devotional of All People’s church. We see that the Lord wants us to live a supernatural life. In fact, the life of a Christian is indeed a supernatural life in many ways. We have been exploring this whole topic of what it is to be a normal Christian and what is it to live a normal Christian life. We see that a normal Christian life is indeed a supernatural life. In other words, we are saying that for a Christian, it is natural to live a supernatural life. Consider this scripture, Mark chapter 16, verses 17 and 18, the Lord Jesus after giving the great commission to His disciples, He says this, ‘And these signs will follow those who believe.’ So, He is talking about those who believe in Him and follow Him. ‘In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”’ These are the words of the Lord Jesus and He is saying, these signs/ supernatural works will follow those who believe. The only criteria given there is that a person should believe. Likewise, in John chapter 14, verse 12, the Lord Jesus says this, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.’ An amazing verse that challenges us, inspires us but it is something that makes us uncomfortable sometimes. The Lord Jesus is saying something very plainly and He is saying, he who believe in me, these signs will follow. He who believes in me, the works that I do, he also will do and the reason being that He is going to the Father and He goes on to say that when He goes to the Father, He will send another helper and He is talking about the Holy Spirit who will come in and dwell within the believer and empower the believer to live a supernatural life- to live the kind of life He lived. What is the kind of life He lived? He says, He who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also. The life that He lived was full of signs, wonders and miracles. The life that He lived was a life of righteousness, purity and holiness, a life of compassion and so that is the kind of supernatural life we are called to live and it is a given for a normal Christian. Shall we pray?

Father, we thank you that you have invited us to this kind of a life- a supernatural life, a life that is naturally supernatural because you have filled us and anointed us with the Holy Spirit. We open our hearts to you to live that kind of life. Enable us, empower us to live the kind of life that you want us to live daily, in Jesus’ matchless name we pray, Amen.

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