“They call it Dry Ice” a friend said when we got to the park. “They use it to keep ice cream cold.” (I have no idea what the “proper”American would call it). He put in into a plastic container to “save” it for later. It was our first experience with Dry Ice. We were not 5 minutes in the water when it happened. The Dry Ice exploded! I thought it was a bomb. My friend’s plastic container was ripped into pieces. The vapor of the Dry Ice could not escape! It was trapped inside and that caused the explosion. 

I learned a valuable lesson that day: Do not “trap” Dry Ice inside! Today many Christians trap something much more potent than Dry Ice inside their spirit. The power of God is awesome! It is dynamic and explosive. We read of it’s the effect on the lives of people in Acts 2. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. It changed them, never to be the same again. For days and weeks to come they marveled at what the Lord was doing on the inside of them. Then they “trapped it” in Jerusalem. Soon anyone who wanted to be touched by God had to go to Jerusalem. Everyone spoke about the awesome things God was doing in Jerusalem. Well, we all know what happened: The Lord dispersed the believers by allowing persecution to hit the church. The power of God needed to be shared with the world. That is why the Lord sent the Holy Spirit in the first place. 

Paul says: “We have this precious treasure in earthen vessels.” The power of God is our greatest treasure. It is more valuable than anything we can own here on earth. Having said that we also should know of the potential danger of the power of God. Power is always potent. Keep it to yourself any it can be destructive; too hot to handle. We received the power of the Holy Spirit to share it with others!