Emergency Power Source
“For the Kingdom of God is not just fancy talk; it is living by God’s power.” 1 Corinthians 4:20 NLT
Portable power generators sell like popcorn before every impending hurricane. Hospitals, airports, and many other buildings and businesses spend billions installing emergency power generators to use in case of primary power failure.
As good as these alternatives may be in providing emergency back up power, they can’t begin to compare with the emergency power source believers have in the resurrection power of God.
This resurrection power comes with the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit and has never been known to fail. This power turned defeated and dejected disciples into the transformers of the world as God gave them the power to preach, witness, perform miracles, and spread the Gospel throughout the known world. They were able to consider it all joy to suffer persecution and martyrdom for the cause of Christ.
As great as this power is for emergencies, it was never intended to be merely a back up source to our own strength and reason. It has been given as a basic, everyday, always available, primary source of empowerment for living out our lives growing into the fullness of Christ.
The power that brought us into saving faith is the power that will keep us there. It is that “very present help in time of trouble,” our “bridge over troubled waters,” that will transform us into the likeness of Christ by the renewing of our minds.
Our power source needs constant refueling from the Word of God, prayer, and the fellowship of other believers in order to have sufficient reserve power during peak demands. Are you “plugged in”?
Father, thank you for giving me the faith to appropriate the powerof your presence and the truth of your promises into my every day life.. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Chris Spears
Ocala FLorida
Message provided by: Homily Grits Ministries
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