Andy Hall writes

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me…”

The third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit possess and displays all the same attributes and powers as the Father and the Son. What God the Father is, so is the Spirit. What Jesus is, so is the Spirit.

Jesus perfectly modelled the ministry of the Holy Spirit in and upon human flesh. What Jesus modelled is an invitation to us to copy in the power of the Holy Spirit today. Our lives as believers, we are told, are “hidden with Christ with God” so if we are in Christ we are in His anointings too.

In Isaiah 61 we see the Spirit upon Jesus to: preach good news, bind up the broken hearted, release to captives, opening of blind eyes and comfort to those who mourn.

In Isaiah 11 we see Jesus as carrying the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge and might.

The old phrase W.W.J.D (What Would Jesus Do) invites us to copy Him in the power of the Spirit not by our own strength and effort. It is an invitation to actively lean into the Holy Spirit’s help to carry the same anointing as Jesus, to handle the situations we face in church, family, and work. We are called today not to lean on our own understanding but to see the world through the eyes of Jesus’ Spirit and to lean on Him for everything we need.

Andy Hall

Associate Minister CCBN.