CARRIERS AND CHANNELS OF POWER

And God wrought special miracles by the HANDS of PAUL: so that from HIS BODY were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them – Acts 19:11-12

The Person of God’s power, the Holy Spirit, lives in the Church and also in every child of God. This means that there’s so much of God’s power on the inside of believers to minister to our world. The Holy Spirit is the Person of God’s power; hence, His advent on the day of Pentecost marked the phenomenal emergence and release of supernatural power (Acts 1:8).

In Mark 16:15-18, the Lord told His disciples that supernatural signs would follow those who believe in His Name and act accordingly. We are commanded to lay hands on the sick in His Name and witness their recovery, and to cast out demons. Of course, that does not refer to casually laying empty, ordinary hands! No! When by faith, we consciously lay hands on the sick in Jesus Name the power of the Holy Spirit that we have received is ministered to them. It is that power that heals the sick, delivers the oppressed, and makes them whole. The act of laying hands is both a demonstration of faith as well as a channel of spiritual transmission of power.

Acts 19:11-12 describes how special miracles were wrought through the hands, body and even handkerchiefs of Paul! God is the ultimate SOURCE of Supernatural Power; Paul was the CARRIER; his hands, body and aprons were CHANNELS. As Philip preached the Gospel of Christ in Samaria, miracles followed the preaching of the Word. If he sat down in his house in Jerusalem, he would not have witnessed the miraculous. Act 5:12-16 narrates how “by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people…” and the shadow of Peter passing was a channel of healing to sick folks and deliverance to many who were under the oppression of unclean spirits.

It was not Peter’s shadow or Paul’s aprons that were extraordinary but the power of God that they had contacted from the apostle’s bodies, who were anointed of God’s Spirit. Those materials had been saturated with God’s power so much so that when they were laid on the sick and afflicted they were immediately set free. That same power is upon every child of God who has received the Holy Spirit. God can use anyone or anything He chooses to transmit His Power to a needy world. He desires to wrought wonders and miracles by your hands to positively impact your world. Are you willing and ready to be a carrier and channel of His Power?