The Power of God

The power of God.

What does that term mean to you?

Is it an abstract thought? An intangible idea?

Is it an experience attached to a story? A reality that cannot be described, only testified to?

Is it something that guides your life? An irresistible force that directs your path?

Is it your punisher? The evidence of a God who seeks to destroy?

I can identify with each of these thoughts concerning the power of God. I wanted the power of God to be like a genie at my disposal. I wanted to be able to say 'go' and it would make straight my paths. Instead God's power has been one that has sort to bring about the will of God in my life rather than my will. I know what it looks like to ask for its help but see it forsake me. I know what it is like to walk after it has paved a way. I know what it is like to experience it irrevocably, magnificently and astoundingly change a person's life. I know what it is to lose faith in it. I know what it is to walk without it.

Of course, you cannot separate the power from the person. The power is in the person. Walking without the power of God is to walk without him.

How do you lose faith and hope in one who has given you so much to believe and hope in?

The answer is simple. Place them in something or someone other than him.

It turns out I make a crap god. Who knew I was so powerless?

Feeling powerless? Perhaps your faith and hope are sitting in the wrong person too.