In Mark 1, we have two important factors in the Spirit. One is Jesus filled with the Holy Spirit and driven by the Spirit's power. The other is John the Baptist, who was so filled with the Spirit of God that his one aim was to go out preaching. We find him in the wilderness. What a seemlingly strange place to be! Friends it was quite natural for Jesus, after He had served a whole day among the multitudes of people, to want to go to His Father and pray all night. Why? He wanted a source of strength and power; He wanted an association with His Father that would bring everything else to a place of submission.
After Jesus had been on the mountain communing with His Father and after He had been clothed with God's holy presence and Spirit, when He met demon power, it had to go (Matthew 17:1-9, 14-18). When He met sickness, it had to leave (Mark 10:46-52). He came from the mountain with power to meet whatever needs the people had.
When we enter our prayer closet, it is our mountain top where we meet with our Father. It is in this place of communion with our Father that we are moved from nature to grace, making us mighty over the power of the Enemy and making you know that you have now begun to live a life of faith in the Son of God.
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