While I called this song the above name 20 years ago, I would not do so now. The power of Jesus as the Pentecostal circles like to call it is nothing less than Christ in us, the hope of glory. His Spirit we receive not while seeking power but while seeking to do His will in reality and not as we perceive it.
If you try to live the Jesus life
You’d rather eat peas with a butter knife;
That’s how it is if you don’t have the power.
The disciples walked with Him three years
And at last their efforts came to tears
When Jesus died and they were without power.
CHORUS:
But at Pentecost in the upper room
They were filled with the Holy Ghost
And they had power…
Jesus’ power…
Yes, at Pentecost in the upper room
They were filled with the Holy Ghost
And they had power,
Jesus’ power.
Today there is a form of godliness
And souls are falling in the deep abyss
And all because some just don’t have the power;
But if you will come and ask of Him,
He’ll fill you right up to the brim
And you’ll be overflowing with Holy Ghost power.
CHORUS REPEAT
Prince Albert, SK; August 1976
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A tune the Lord gave me for Psalm 143:8-19
At a time of discouragement I received these words from the Lord in song and at this very moment as I write this introduction years later in 1996 ( the song was written in 1987), I feel down after having spoken to people who do not believe what I say or that the Lord has sent me to them. Yet I have nowhere but onward to go and am persuaded that these words hold true and someday will be fulfilled.
This song came for Caren Lampitoc, whom Paul met in Philadelphia. How different we discovered the Christian walk to be in comparison to what we had expected or were led to believe it would be! It was lonely, painful of soul, friendless, fraught with enemies on all sides and the greatest enemy was on the inside. How we had to do battle with unbelief, with our carnal desires, ambitions, hopes, dreams, with the lusts of the flesh...lusting mostly for social security, belonging, importance, usefulness. All must be surrendered or lost; there really is no choice in the matter when the call of God is upon one. He that keeps his life loses it and if he loses it for the Lord's sake, it is still lost, if only for a time, even if replaced with more and better somewhere down the road. The main thing is that one must trust God in it all and let it happen. One must learn and accept that God is in charge of all things, working all for good.