True Power
What is power? Merriam-Webster defines
power as the ability or right to control people or things. Kings, presidents,
generals, industry moguls, dictators are among the people brought to mind when
we speak of power. These are people who control money, fame, and have influence
over masses of people. What we often don't realize, is that power in the
physical world is temporary. A presidents term of office expires, industry
moguls often lose their wealth or are displaced by another. Kings and dictators
being overthrown and destroyed are commonplace in history. A thug with a gun
has temporary power over his or her victim. An entertainer has whatever power
his or her fans give them at a given moment in time.
Many people chase after some form of
power their entire lives only to realize when they have attained the position
or power they sought, that they are holding nothing more than an empty cup. How
many actors or musicians have overdosed trying to numb the pain of realizing
how empty their lives are. How many people who put their trust in money have
taken their own lives after a stock market crash? How many thugs are killed on
the street or spend their life in prison chasing after easy money.
True power is not temporary, but is
everlasting. There is only one true power, and that power created the world as
we know it. True power is setting the sun to bed at night or making a tiny seed
into a giant tree. True power is parting the sea so that your loved ones have
safe passage. True power uses a little shepherd boy to bring down a mighty
warrior using only a sling simultaneously bringing a nation of people to its
knees. True power commands lightning with only a word. True power brings
ordinary men out of a furnace of fire to change the heart of a King forever.
True power directs the butterflies on their migration and feeds the sparrow on
its way. True power heals the scrape on a child's knee. True power is available
to you.
It is really quite simple. To obtain
true power you join forces with the one who yields true power. Why would the
one who has this “true power”, want to join forces with you? That is the simple
part. The one who created this earth, who makes the wind blow and babies smell
new, is the same one that created you. He is the great I am, the God of
Abraham, He is Jehovah. God loves his creation, you, so much that He sent His
son in the form of a man to suffer and die as a sacrifice for your sins and the
sins of your fathers and mothers. Why would this great God want to share
anything with you? He desires a relationship with you and He wants to live in
you, to put his spirit in you so that you may experience His love and know His
mercy for eternity.
We don't live long, do we? The power
of healing, creativity, mercy, love, wealth and great strength is available to
anyone who accepts Jesus Christ's blood sacrifice that washes away sin. That
person becomes new with Him as lord of their life.
Every choice you make affects your
life. How do you truly feel about the choices you have made? Are you sure of
your future tomorrow,,, next week.... next year... twenty years from now,
eternity? How would you feel if you knew that your future was in the loving and
protecting hands of God? How would you like to have God's Holy Spirit in you,
guiding you? How would you like to have a hedge of protection around you and
your loved ones?
We rely on the Word of God to reveal
God's plan and promises for our life. The Holy spirit in us guides us using
God's Word. We seek God and Jesus through the Word. How can you claim to love
Jesus or the Father and rarely read your Bible? The Word of God is complete for
instruction and just to become familiar with our God by discovering who he is
by how he reacts to people's actions and how He responds in different
situations. If you were in love with a person and considering them for marriage
then you would certainly want to know them intimately by discovering their
likes and dislikes. Do they keep their promises? Can I trust this person? What
makes my new love happy? If you truly love God the father, Jesus the son, and
the Holy Spirit then you will seek them in the Word, the Holy Bible and prayer.
God's Power: He
created all. He can do more than we can even imagine. Through faith you can
have the power that is God's made available to you.
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto
you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 8 helpful votes
In the beginning, God
created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and
darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over
the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was
light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from
the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And
there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Isaiah 61:1-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The Spirit of the
Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to
bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who
are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of
vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in
Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness
instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they
may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may
be glorified.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not
given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Jesus is the Way: The
early church referred to itself as 'The Way' which meant that the only way to
God and his gifts was through accepting Jesus as Lord of your life and
recognizing His shed blood as the final sacrifice for your sins through His
death on the cross and resurrection from the tomb.
John 14
New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through Me.
12 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. 13 And I will do
whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the
Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Faith: For the
Spirit of God to manifest as physical power and healing in your life the you
must believe in Him and not doubt.
James 1:6-7
New International Version (NIV)
6 But when
you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is
like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That
person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Matthew 8:5-10
New International Version (NIV)
The Faith of the Centurion
5 When Jesus
had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,”
he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
8 The
centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But
just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority,
with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one,
‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus
heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell
you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
Love: God is
love. The word Christian means “Christ-like”. He calls us to do all things in
love. If you have not love then you will have nothing.
Matthew
22:35-41
New International Version (NIV)
35 One of
them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher,
which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus
replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And
the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments.”
John 13:34-35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Power for
the Believer: Because of God's Word we now know that through the love of God
and living a life of faith we have the power of God available to us through
Jesus. You must first ask Jesus to save you from your sinful nature. Then you
must retrain your mind and body to the nature of Christ. That is to love and
encourage.
Romans 12:2
Amplified Bible (AMP)
2 Do not be
conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its
external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal
of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove
[for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and
acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]
Mark 11:24
New King James Version (NKJV)
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you receive them, and
you will have them.
Salvation: The act of being saved from sin or evil. Evil
brings curses into your life and robs you of joy, peace and power. Even saved
Christians often leave a door open into their life for satan and his demons by
not following the will of God, by negative talk or behavior. By returning to
their “old ways” of the flesh and not pursuing Christ's way, we leave a place
for satan to regain a stronghold for
evil in our life. Romans 12:2 We are in spiritual battle!
Romans 10
9 If you
declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your
heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with
your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that
you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put
to shame.”[e] 12 For there is no
difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly
blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved.”[f]
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