Saturday, March 19, 2011

POWER....Who does it belong to?

pow·er (pour)
n.
1. The ability or capacity to perform or act effectively.
2. Strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted; might. See Synonyms at strength.
3. The ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority.
4. A person, group, or nation having great influence or control over others: the western powers.
5. Forcefulness; effectiveness: a novel of unusual power.

What is power, though I have provided a definition of the word in the sense that the "world" uses it, what is power to you? Even in this worldly definition of the word I still see God.

Who performs or acts more effectively then our Father in heaven?
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect;For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

Who is stronger than my God who is a greater force then Him?
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.


Who has the ability to exercise more control that Jehovah? Who has more authority the He who created the heavens and the earth and they that dwell in it?
Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.


What Person or nation has more influence over others?
Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart,And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He shall direct[a] your paths.


What man has walked this earth and had more unusual power the Jesus Christ?
Matthew 9:35
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Where you may just see every day words I see the light of God I see Jesus. In every way power is defined I see our Lord and savior. So why is it so easy to give what comes from God and ultimately belongs to Him to dead situations, obsolete people, unimportant places and irrelevant things? We get so angry sometimes to the point where we are ready to kill over something that has little to no importance in our walk with Christ. Proverbs tells us to trust the lord with ALL our heart. If we are trusting with All then we know that He has made us some promises.

Deuteronomy 31:6 (New King James Version)
6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

Romans 8:37
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us

There are many more scriptures to support that if we are really trusting God we will not be easily moved. It should take someone to go way above and beyond for us to even give their action a second thought. Unfortunately that's not the case, in the world we live in today words have more power than actions. Someone can be a true example of pure love in your life, meet your every need, be there when you need them to be and in the heat of a disagreement they can say something that would turn that love into instant hate. Every act of love that they ever showed you has diminished and almost disappeared. What we forget is that in every act God did in the Bible He used people. He used people to populate the earth, he used Moses to give the 10 commandments, deliver Israel from the hand of Pharaoh. God used people all through the Bible to do just about everything but create the world. We fail to realize if God uses people what does Satan use? People

Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places


We must learn that we are spirit and we have to fight spirit with spirit. We also must learn no one is above being used b Satan. He will try and use anyone, he tried to tempt Jesus in the wilderness. We need to tap into the power that God has given us the God kind of power the kind of power that will allow us to d greater works then Jesus.
John 14:12
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father
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Jesus knew where His power came from and He was not easily angered. The Bible never spoke about Jesus feelings being hurt, heart being broken, fighting, cursing people out or turning His back on anyone. We need the power of God in our every day lives. We need it every day, every hour and every minute. With the power of God we can do anything.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

I leave you with this God has told us who we are and the power we have but it is up to us to tap into our power through Him and not power in the world. The world will always try to take from you what God gave you but always remember what God has promised you and stand on it:

Deuteronomy 28:12-14 12 The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them