So, you've got the power. Now what is its purpose? What are you going to do with it?
If you have followed the biblical principles previously described and have received the baptism with, or infilling of (or the "upon" experience of) the Holy Spirit and His power, what do you do now? How do you use this new power?
A most important principle to remember is that it is not you who does anything, but only God who does it through you. But for God to do anything through us, we must be obedient to what He says in His Word and follow the leading of His Spirit.
God wants to use this new power in you for two purposes:
1.
Outreach, and
2. In-reach, a purpose often misunderstood and neglected.
The outreach is the operation of God's Spirit within you to reach the lost of this world to tell of His great love and forgiveness available through Jesus Christ. This is called "the Great Commission."
The in-reach is the operation of the Holy Spirit within you to be a blessing to other believers through the gifts of the Spirit in a corporate (church or assembly) setting, and also to help you be a personal overcomer in this life and to grow in the Lord. (As exemplified by our Lord Jesus, the gifts of the Holy Spirit may also be used in the outreach to unbelievers.) The Holy Spirit is called the "Helper." He is there to help all believers through the "in" experience and His indwelling. But His manifest power when present through the "upon" experience will be especially helpful.