“The same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead lives within His Church.”
Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 25, 2026
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12
During the Last Supper, Jesus looked into the troubled faces of His disciples, men shaken by the news that He was leaving, and made one of Scripture’s most breathtaking statements. Their Lord promised that those who believed in Him would do “greater works” than He had done. Not similar. Greater. Understanding what He meant changes everything about how we see our calling. Jesus wasn’t suggesting His followers would outperform Him in raw miraculous power. This is the Man who raised the dead, walked on water, and silenced storms with a word. “Greater” doesn’t mean better. It means broader. Jesus’ earthly ministry was geographically limited to Israel and compressed into three remarkable years. The disciples’ ministry, empowered by the Holy Spirit, would explode across the known world and beyond. On a single day at Pentecost, more people were added to the church than during the entire course of Jesus’ earthly ministry. That is the “greater” He envisioned, a Gospel reaching the ends of the earth.
Jesus explains that these greater works are possible “because I am going to the Father.” His departure wasn’t abandonment. It was activation. By returning to the Father, He would send the Holy Spirit, the divine multiplier of His ministry. Jesus, in His human body, was physically limited to one place at a time. But the Holy Spirit can simultaneously dwell in every believer on every continent in every generation. One becomes millions. The single flame ignites an unquenchable fire across the globe. What appeared to the disciples as a devastating loss was actually the most strategic advancement in the history of redemption. Immediately after this promise, Jesus adds: “And I will do whatever you ask in my name” (John 14:13). This provides the authority for everything that follows. We aren’t operating on personal credentials. We are authorized agents, stewards acting under the full authority of heaven’s King. The works remain His works, performed now through His body, the Church. We carry His power of attorney, so to speak, acting on His behalf, in His name, for His glory. Greater works for His greater good.
Teresa of Ávila describes how every believer becomes an extension of the incarnation, carrying Christ’s ministry into corners of the world His sandaled feet never touched. “Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion is to look out to the world.” Your greater works for God’s greater glory!
Look at what those “greater works” have produced over twenty centuries. Hospitals were built in jungle clearings. Orphans were rescued and raised. Literacy was introduced to tribes with no written language. The Gospel was preached in dialects Jesus never spoke. Universities, abolition movements, and addiction recovery programs all flow from this single, unstoppable commission. This is the mission that love’s perseverance fuels. This is why faith focused on our all-sufficient Savior, Jesus, matters. This is why we hold our ground when the spiritual battle intensifies, because we aren’t holding it alone. The same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead lives within His Church, and He is still writing the story of those greater works, one faithful life at a time. What greater work is the Lord calling you to trust Him to accomplish through His power?
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” (Ephesians 3:20).
Prayer
Lord, I take You at Your word. Fill me with Holy Spirit power to do works that astonish heaven and earth, advancing Your kingdom beyond anything I could ask or imagine. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Application
What greater works may the Lord have for you to experience?
Related Reading
Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:11; 2 Corinthians 4:7
Worship Resource
Elevation Worship feat. Tiffany Hudson & Chris Brown: So Be It
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