The
Greatness of His Power
TODAY’S
SCRIPTURE
…and what is the exceeding
greatness of His power toward us who believe…
Ephesians 1:19, NKJV.
TODAY’S
WORD
Paul prayed in Ephesians
1:19 that we would understand the exceeding greatness of God’s power for those
who believe. Notice the power is only activated when we believe. That means
right now the Creator of the universe is just waiting to release healing,
restoration, favor, promotion, abundance. The only catch is that we have to
believe.
I think about Mary, the
mother of Christ. When she was a teenager, the angel came to her and said,
“You’re going to have a child without knowing a man.” Her first thought was,
“That’s impossible. That’s never happened before. That defies the laws of
nature.” She said to the angel, “How can this be?” He answered back, “The
Spirit of the Lord will come on you and cause it to happen.”
I love the way Mary
responded. She didn’t argue with him. She didn’t try to talk herself out of it.
She simply said, “Be it unto me even as you have said.”
Has God placed a dream in
your heart that seems impossible? If you will choose to believe, then His
strength will rise up in you. His ability will supersede your ability, and the
greatness of His power will bring to pass every dream and every desire He has
placed within you!
PRAYER
FOR TODAY
Heavenly Father, thank You
for exceeding greatness of Your power. Help me to see, to know, to recognize
Your hand at work in my life. I choose to believe and open the door for You to
have Your way in every area of my life in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
***
“We know that all creation is still groaning and is in pain ...” (Romans 8:22a CEV)
Nothing works perfectly. Because the entire human race has made poor choices …
Everything’s broken, and nothing on this planet works perfectly. Sin has damaged everything.
Sin has ruined everything. Sin has destroyed everything. Sin has corrupted and spoiled everything. Sin has injured everything — every relationship, idea, dream, and human body. Everything has been touched by this damage.
In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon describes six dimensions of your life that sin has damaged. Over the next few days, we’ll look at these six dimensions.
1. The first result is natural disasters and deformities - We’re not living in Eden anymore. As John Milton wrote in a very famous poem, paradise was lost. We live on a broken planet. And, as a result, we have hurricanes, typhoons, wacky weather, earthquakes, droughts, and floods.
It’s amazing to me that insurance calls all these things acts of God but doesn’t call the birth of a baby an act of God. In other words, an act of God is only the negative stuff that happens. God does not want these things happening in the world. And he is as upset by natural disasters as we are. The world was broken when sin damaged everything.
The Bible says in Romans 8:20, “Creation is confused” (CEV). Everything on this planet has lost its original purpose. Everything in the world was damaged including your DNA, your parents’ DNA, and their parents’ DNA. Have you figured out yet that your body doesn’t work right? If everybody’s body worked perfectly, there would be no need for doctors.
2. The second result is physical decay and death - There was no death on this planet until sin entered the world. Ecclesiastes 8:8 says, “We cannot control the wind or determine the day of our death.” We know that death is inevitable, but we sure try to stop it. We go to great lengths to postpone the decay, too.
But there’s actually good news: God doesn’t want you to live forever on this planet. He wants you to live forever in a perfect place, not on a planet that’s been broken by sin.
1 Corinthians 15:42-43 says, “Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength” (NLT).
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