I keep seeing this slogan, "empowered women empower women." It's a catchy slogan, but is it Christ-centered? I meditated on the question, what does it mean to be empowered by the Lord Jesus Christ? I had to ask myself, does my life reflect the Living God's empowerment? As I meditated on the empowerment of Jesus it struck me that empowerment through the Holy Spirit living in me may look very different than the empowerment the world seeks. The empowerment of the Holy Spirit is different things at different times. Yet, empowerment in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit is always good. Sometimes empowerment in Jesus Christ is:
Empowered women-in-Christ do empower other women. Empowered women-in-Christ empower other women to be the women that God created them to be, through the strength of the Lord Jesus Christ. Empowered women-in-Christ also empower men to be the men than God created them to be, through the strength of the Lord Jesus Christ. Empowered disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ are servants of the Living God. Through his leading in our lives he makes the world better. Through his empowerment we get to see the change, little by little, to his glory, one Holy Spirit empowerment at a time. What does empowerment in Christ look like for you? To God be the glory, Sarah But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
-- Words of Jesus, Acts 1:8
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