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You are empowered with all might

  

   It’s God’s will for us to be strengthened; that is, empowered with all might (miracles-working) power in our spirits! Ponder on that for a moment. He wants us filled, not with some of His power, but with all of it. He’s dealing here with “Dunamis” a Greek work for inherent power. He wants this power working in you. “…That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in and every good work, increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness”  Colossians 1:9-10.

    This shouldn’t be difficult for any Christian to comprehend at all, because the one who’s born again, and has received the Holy Spirit, has received the power of God; for the Holy Spirit is power of God. When we talk about the new life in Christ Jesus, we also mean new power that is in us as Christians. Act 1:8 says, “But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you….” The question now is, how can you make this power you inside you, work for you?

    The first thing is to recognize that you have it in you. You don’t need to ask God for more power. The power of God is in you. That means you can’t be disadvantaged. Acknowledge this about yourself always. In Philippians 4:13, Paul didn’t say, “O God, I pray you’ll give me power to do all things.” Realizing that all the power he needed was already in him, he declared, “I can do all thing through Christ which strenghteneth me.”

   Some people endure with anger when they face certain situations. But we’re admonished to endure with joyfulness; patient and hopeful that the righteousness of God will be established in that situation. Therefore, in exercising your power to do anything, and effect changes in your life and in your environment, do so with patience, longsuffering, joyfulness, and humility.

 

 


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