June 6, 2011 Devotional

Capable One

You, woman of God, were fashioned by the Creator of the universe in His image and in His likeness. You were designed to live and lead in authority and dominion. You were built to be strong, capable, powerful - a force of valor. You display characteristics that mirror God in your stamina and your grace. You possess the substance of timeless inner beauty that attracts and reflects the glory of God.
 
God is in relentless pursuit of you. Your value to Him was the price He paid for you - the blood of His one and only beloved Son. God has taken your old heart and recreated you according to His own divine nature. God continues to shape and mold your character into the image of your brother and king, Jesus Christ.
 
God considers you worthy to contain the treasure of His anointing by inhabiting and empowering you with His Holy Spirit. Your heavenly Father has charged you as an ambassador to represent His person with the name of the world's redeemer, Jesus Christ.
 
He has commissioned you to preach the Gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead, and declare His will as done in the earth. God has given to you generously of His Spirit so that you would operate in gifts of revelation, utterance, and power. If you believe, there is nothing that is impossible for you.
 
God has given you heroines of the faith - women who have sacrificed their lives and endured hardship for the sake of the kingdom - spiritual sisters who have accepted and served their positions as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. You are privileged to be part of a generation that will be known for making preparation for the return and reign of Jesus Christ the Messiah.
 
If you are married to a minister, your strength and insight is of priceless value to him. As he is a spiritual father, you are a spiritual mother in a position of spiritual authority, a position that God has set and established for you and only you. You are anointed by God to carry out your leadership responsibility to protect and provide for those in your sphere of influence. No one can take that away from you.
 
Like Queen Esther, recognize your royal calling and embrace your unique gifting without hesitation, for you have been called to such a time as this!

Melanie Stone

Grow Churches
Cincinnati, OH
www.growchurches.com