Saturday's Devo - Uncap Your Water Bottle

John 1:32-33
Last night I had a dream. There were ladies sitting around with water bottles. They were trying to get the top off them and couldn't so I told them I was going to show them how to take the tops off their water bottle. Then I woke up. I immediately got the interpretation. Yesterday we read about how John baptized with the baptism of repentance and said that one was coming that would baptize in the Holy Spirit. When Jesus was about to die he told his disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the gift he was going to give them. According to Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:4,5 they were supposed to wait till they received power from on high. In Acts 1:8 it tells us why we will need this power - to be witnesses throughout the earth.
From Passover to Pentecost there are 50 days. Jesus was the fulfillment of every feast. Here's the skinny on that: Jesus died on Passover as the passover lamb. He was buried on Unleavened Bread because it was not time for him to rise yet. And he rose of First Fruits to be the first fruit risen from the dead. Fifty days later is Pentecost. Every male Jew was to be in Jerusalem for the feasts which is why Jerusalem was teeming with people who were from other countries and spoke different languages. In the Old Testament they were to offer a new meat offering to the Lord and bring 2 loaves of bread and the priest would wave them before the Lord. When the priest waves this offering he waves it north, south, east, and west which makes the sign of the cross. Pentecost was a sign of the birth of the church. The disciples were baptized in the Holy Spirit and given power to go out and witness to all the men from all over the world in their languages so they could go back and spread the good news north, south, east, and west. The 2 loaves represent the Jew and the Gentile now both receiving the bread of life.
Now back to my dream. The water bottle represents the Holy Spirit inside each believer. They just needed help getting him out and spreading him. We are to be an overflowing river of life that infects those around us. God gave us the baptism of the Holy Spirit to do that. Don't get tripped by what you have heard about the Holy Spirit; fall on the Rock of his Word and read what the Bible says about it. It is the power to be witnesses on this earth. We need God's gift.
Lord, we pray to receive the Holy Spirit into our lives. Baptize us with the Holy Spirit and with fire to be your witnesses.