Power… Scientist have learned how to tap into a power they call ‘nuclear’. I marvel at how confident some of them are about being able to keep it harnessed even when the foundations beneath it are shaken.
Yes, I’m thinking of the Japanese situation at the power plant. A bunch of smart guys take only a tiny bit of what God has created, then use it in ways that produce huge amounts of energy. Dangerous energy….
Then when God’s earth quakes, (for whatever reason), the thing that was an asset becomes a huge danger.
“ God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it….“(Gen. 1:28) I know that the world God created was given for man to inhabit and fill. How well are we doing that?
I wonder if people don’t get a little over confident about handling God’s creation. (I think about being told as a child that I was getting too big for my britches…)
“They did not remember his power …”(Ps. 78:42)
Do we, like so many generations in the past, need to be reminded of His power? That He IS in fact in control, and not us?
There is absolutely no power that we wield that is not granted from Him, (John 19:11) no gift (James 1:17), no authority (Rom.13:1). It is all really His.
Tapping into God’s power sources is an intriguing thing to think about. Men do it in the physical realm all the time.
But how we fail in using the power that is available to us in the spiritual realm! There is so much power available to us thru the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit in every reborn child of God ! Think about it ! We have A Power Source who gives us HIS power…
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline…” (2Tim. 1:7)
Power to be obedient.
Bold enough to take a stand for His truth.
Love beyond emotion.
Control over the natural sin infested impulses of this flesh.
Power and stamina to do what is hard, just because it is right…bringing visible glory to The God Who equips us.
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being…”(Eph. 3:16)
Power to hang in there, knowing that it’s not about here and now, but filled with hope for a blissful eternity.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit…”(Rom. 15:13)
Power to tell about Who He is and what He has done.
“.. you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses..”(Acts 1:8)
I’d like to see a meltdown of His power in the Body of Christ. I’d like to see so much power unleashed within His people that the eyes of the entire world would be on Him….
…and not just a power plant in Japan.
