POWER WEEK!

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Who has power? Who doesn’t? What forms does it take?

   By his word, God created light, water, land, vegetation, stars, planets, predictable creatures and unpredictable creatures made in his image. Jeremiah wrote that creation involved wisdom, understanding and power.

   For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen. – Romans 1:20

   Our globe has power of its own: hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, fires, lightning, ocean waves, gravity and more. As for humans, machine power has left horse power in the dust since the late-1800s, for better or worse.

   Words have power, as the devil demonstrated in the Garden. God will allow Satan to exercise miracle power toward the end of this age.

God is Unmatched 

   Through Moses, God proved himself powerful in Egypt. His strong wind parted the Red Sea...without retaining walls. He changed bitter water into drinkable, and made such a commotion on Mt. Sinai – the mountain trembled and so did the Israelites. He wanted them to know his power, and that his Presence would go with them.

   Remember ... the Lord your God is he who gives you the ability (and power).  -  Deuteronomy 8:18.

   After the Israelites settled the Promised Land they wanted a king, like other nations. God was all they needed, but he obliged them.

Introducing Spiritual power 

   Samuel told Saul, The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you and you will … be changed into a different person. –1 Samuel 10:6. Later, Samuel anointed David king, and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power. – 1 Samuel 16:13.

   David’s prayer: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours.   1 Chronicles 29:11

Tomorrow: Spirit replaces might