Power That Works
Fall is approaching, which means less daylight. Thankfully, I can have power at home that allows me to flip up a switch on my wall and light up a room even when it is dark outside.
It is a manmade power that works and that we heavily rely on. It is a power that brings possibility and opportunity. It enables us to use tools that equip us to build things or repair things. Tools designed to help us in our day-to-day affairs.
When that power goes away, we find ourselves at a loss as to what to do. How will we cook, clean, shower, or bathe without the things that power provides us with? Whenever there is a power outage, people contact the source of their power in great numbers to make them aware that they have lost their power because that is how important having power is.
No one makes someone talking about their need for this kind of power in life feel stupid for speaking about it. No one criticizes a person for being thankful for this power in life. I’d bet you could get all your neighbors on board with appreciating the fact that they have this kind of power so readily available, and likewise, I’d bet they will be in unity with you about making someone aware whenever it is lost in your neighborhood.
Interestingly, usually, when power is lost, it is not the fault of the source for it. It generally is because something happened to the means of transmitting it. A tree falls on a transmission line, a car wreck takes out a power pole, or lightning strikes a transformer. Something happened to interfere with the flow of the power and interrupt it. Such a problem needs to be fixed before power is restored. The source of power goes right to work doing what is needed on their part to see it restored.
This natural phenomenon of power that works reveals to me that power matters. This is true as well in the supernatural. A power that works matters. There is a power at work in those who belong to Christ!
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
There is a power at work in a believer in Jesus that is meant to activate based on asking and thinking. When a believer in Jesus is inclined to bring a request to God, it activates a power within far greater than the level of power needed for the request. Whenever a believer is moved in their imagination about something, it activates a power far greater than what is needed to see the thing imagined brought into reality.
I can plug up multiple devices in my house and not be concerned with whether or not there will be enough electricity to supply the demand. The same is true when it comes to my walk with Jesus. The Holy Spirit dwelling in me is all-powerful, and cannot experience a depletion in His power just because I asked for something or imagined something.
If you belong to Jesus, you have a power that works in you! I encourage you to tap into that power daily.
