Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

BUT.
Jesus hears them still locked into their idea of the kingdom being about rising to the top, of Israel overcoming Roman rule. He then sets them straight. It is a shock.
You will be my witnesses, my martyria, where we get our English word martyr from. From Jerusalem to the ends of the earth this first century church would lay their life down just as Jesus did and by so doing they would take the gospel far and wide. They would go further than Jesus.
And how would they ever be able to do this? How would they cope with this cup of suffering? It would be because of the power of the Holy Spirit.
The power of the Holy Spirit is connected to your surrender.
You surrender because of the power of the Spirit upon you.
You receive the power of the Spirit because you surrender.
Today everyday, now in fact, the nameless and faceless are dying for their faith at the hands of wicked men and they do so witnessing to the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are enabled because of the Spirits power.
Let us join the family of God and surrender our lives not before evil men but before our Lord. Let us give up our rights. Come Spirit of God empower our lives today.