Have you ever considered that you have God’s awesome power in your life? It is true! In this verse Paul the Apostle is praying for us and he wants us to know what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. This is an amazing scripture and Sunday our Pastor laid it out for us.
Paul wants us to know this power that God has placed in us at salvation. I don’t think most of us are even aware that we obtained a great power when we were saved. The Holy Spirit came to live within us and in Him we have power. No matter what is going on in our lives we can be assured that we have the power in us from God to be victorious.
I’ve been pondering on just how this power works in us. Yes, we have it, but do we use it? Or, do we do everything in our own strength. When we do that we are weak and not powerful. But, when we walk in the Spirit and allow the power of the Holy Spirit to flow through us and energize us for service then we will be powerful. I think it is when we yield ourselves to God in every way that we find this supernatural power.
This power within us helps us to talk to others about Christ. We cannot save anyone, it is only the work of the Holy Spirit that does it. We are merely the messengers. God uses our bodies to work for Him and He gives us the strength to carry on whatever He calls us to do.
We pray, confess our sins, make sure we are right with God, then we go out to serve Him. This should be our daily walk. Wherever He sends us we are His ambassadors for Christ. We need to remember that we are not of this world, but we are in it.
By the way, what really boggles my mind, is that this power God has given us is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. Isn’t that awesome! We can be strong and we can overcome temptation in our lives. We can go out and evangelize people. We can do anything God gives us to do because He is in us giving us the power we need.
I’d like to give you a cute illustration of this power that is hard to comprehend and put into practice. A couple of weeks ago I was shopping and happened to look at picture puzzles for kids. I don’t have any little children so that was unusual in itself. But, as I looked through them I saw this really cute puzzle of a rabbit and baby chicken. It was so cute and right away I thought, “I’d bet Cora would like this puzzle.” Cora is my great-great-niece and is only 7 years old. Anyway, just for fun I purchased the puzzle.
Days later I happened to see Cora’s grandmother. So, I gave her the puzzle and asked her to give it to Cora, as I seldom see her. Her grandmother said Cora came over to visit so she gave her the puzzle and told her it was from me. Cora’s face lite up and she said, “How did Aunt Bonnie know I wanted this puzzle? I saw it in the store and asked my mom if I could get it and she said I had to wait till my birthday.” Cora took the puzzle and opened it and put it together right then. She was so happy!
It boggles my mind when I think about it. I believe that the Holy Spirit put it on my heart to buy that puzzle for Cora. I didn’t have a clue that she wanted that one or had even been in that store. But, God knew that Cora had been looking at it and wanted it and was disappointed when she couldn’t have it. God blessed Cora through me. Isn’t that interesting? God of wonders!
I thank the Lord that I had that urge from the Holy Spirit to go ahead and get it and it made a little girl happy. And, I’m also very grateful that I listened and acted upon that urge. It is a lesson for me. I need to be more aware of what the Holy Spirit is asking me to do. I think many times I simply stifle that urging inside from doing things. Many times I think I should call a certain person or send a card or email them. But, I don’t do it. Maybe I am missing a blessing because of that, and perhaps that other person is too. I must be more aware and try to obey the prompting.
If you’d like to listen to this “powerful” sermon you can click on the link below:
God’s Mighty Power in You!
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