Day 12 - It Filled All the House

Acts 2:2 - ...and it (the Holy Spirit) FILLED ALL THE HOUSE.

Have you ever been in a corporate gathering where every single person participated fully in worship? I have, but the number of times have been most often an exception rather than the rule.

Likewise, it is not common to see a worship service come to a close and hear every person present, truthfully testify that they were touched in a special way. A few here and a few there, but rarely all can say with confidence that they had a life-changing moment during the gathering...

The aforementioned facts serve as the motivation behind why Acts 2:2 is a dream of mine. I long for the moment when, with consistency, we can gather and know that the entire house is FILLED with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2 goes on to give evidence that when the entire house is filled the Holy Spirit, each individual exeriences the consuming fire of God's presence in their own way: "and cloven tongues of fire sat upon each of them indivually..."

The key seems to be in the common thread that runs through Acts 1 & 2: everyone present at the gathering was in one accord. The result was that it became possible for God to fill 'all the house' because 'all the house' wanted the experience of the Holy Spirit in their lives!

Imagine the possibilities if this coming Sunday everyone present reached a heightened level of desire for the Holy Spirit to be made manifest among us... Our worship styles would not have to be cloned, but if passion for the move of God in our lives could intensify accordingly in each heart....... An upper room experience could transpire, with no spectators and only participators!

My Prayer:

Father, help us to prepare our hearts in such a way that you can do it again... May the upper room experience no longer be simply a defining moment in the Church's past, but may we also know you in the gatherings of today in a specific way. A way that is undeniably heaven moving in the earth. A way that testifies of corporate gatherings being FILLED with the Holy Spirit. A way that encourages spectators to become participators as we individually experience the fire of your presence in our lives. In Jesus name, Amen.