It’s Star Wars Day, May 4, in recognition of the catch phrase from the very first Star Wars movie (now known as Episode 4), 1977, in which the rebellion (the good guys) would encourage each other with “May the Force be with you.”

It’s a day for us to remember our dependence on the real Force: the power of the Holy Spirit.

Just 10 days ago, the US President of The Navigators, Marvin Campbell, challenged us to be:

• Biblically faithful
• Holy Spirit fueled
• Missionally focused

Point #2, of course, is today’s theme. If we’re going to be missionally focused, we need to be Holy Spirit fueled. Jesus told the Twelve the night before his crucifixion:

Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. (John 16.7 – 11, NJV)

And right before he ascended, Jesus told them:

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1.8, NKJV)

So happy Star Wars Day, but never forget: “May the REAL FORCE be with you.”