Some things are important enough that you cannot overstate their significance.

Acts 6:3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business;

In the first church, when they had practical needs that required logistical solutions and proper oversight of those solutions, they appointed seven men to serve as deacons.

In other words, a man could not serve in practical oversight without being of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom.  Overseeing the food ministry to widows required these qualifications.

Today, sadly, many churches have far lesser standards for leadership in both the practical and the spiritual areas.  This is not wise.

When we understand just how untrustworthy and unreliable the strength of the flesh is, we realize how dependent upon the Holy Spirit we should be.

The Holy Spirit is not optional to someone who truly understands the work of salvation and the reason for it.  We not only grasp how sinful we were before coming to Jesus but also realize how powerless we were to do anything about our condition.  We grasp how great our need for the help and empowerment of the Spirit is.

Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

When Saul, who later was named Paul and became a great apostle for Jesus, had a supernatural encounter on the Damascus Road, I do not know anyone who would say that after Jesus knocked him off his horse and confronted him that Saul was not saved.

Here we find that after Saul was born again, he was taken to a house where he waited for the next thing God had for him.  God sent a man to Saul to restore his sight and fill him with the Holy Spirit.  Jesus was willing to appear to Saul to redeem him supernaturally but determined that Saul would need another believer who was filled with the Holy Spirit to lay hands on him for him to receive his sight again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Even our Lord and Savior Jesus needed the Holy Spirit to do His mission on earth.

Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

If Jesus needed to be anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, would our need for such be lesser?  Like Saul, we need to see and be filled.  Like the deacons in the first church, we need to be full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom.  Like Jesus, we need to be anointed with the Holy Spirit and power.  I encourage you today to seek to be filled afresh with the person and the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish your mission from God.  His purpose will require the aid of the Holy Spirit in you and upon you to be accomplished at the level and in the way He desires.  I encourage you to ask to be filled afresh today.