Daily Voice Devotional with Niyi Adekunle
Monday 17th March
The Right of Use: Power of Attorney 1
We are still taking about Revisiting Redemption Realities and this week; we are discussing The Right of Use we have in Christ. Just before ascending back to heaven, Jesus transferred His authority to the church and gave us the right to fully represent Him on earth. When a person gives you the legal right of representation in their absence, it is called the power of attorney.
Power of attorney is a legal term given to the legal document that an owner or someone with authority gives another person, conferring on that person the legal right to act on behalf of the owner. This is what Jesus has done for His church.
John 20:21-22 (TPT), Jesus repeated his greeting, “Peace to you!” And he told them, “Just as the Father has sent me, I'm now sending you.” Then, taking a deep breath, he blew on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
After His resurrection, before ascending to heaven, Jesus transferred His divine authority to His disciples and by implication to His church. Through the Holy Spirit, He gave them access to all the resources of the Kingdom so they could represent Him on earth just as He represented the Father while He was on the earth.
As believers, we are not here to do our own will—we are ambassadors of Christ. The power, glory, and authority that Jesus operated in have been entrusted to us, it wasn’t entrusted to us for decoration, it was entrusted to us to use it just as He would use it if He were physically here.
I pray this truth will rest and grow in your heart, and may you boldly walk in your authority as Christ’s representative in Jesus’ Name.
God bless you, enjoy your day