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Our Omnipotent God Series
Contributed by Brian Bill on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: You and I are limited in space but God is omnipresent. Our knowledge is limited but God is omniscient. We are more aware of our weakness, than our power and God is omnipotent, or all-powerful.
They were experiencing the power available for witnessing. A couple days later, I received another email:
Guess what! To our party we invited the two gals that we shared the gospel with. They confirmed they are now followers of Jesus Christ and they would see us Sunday in Church! We were so excited we could hardly see straight! It was a grand night in so many ways.
And, this is from another email that came Friday: In a few minutes we will begin our FIRST Bible study with our friends! We are so excited to see how God has worked all of this out after much prayer.
Have you been accessing this power in your life? Have you been mixing it up with non-Christians for the express purpose of sharing Christ with them? Or, like me, do you sometimes think that some people are too hard and too set in their ways to come to Christ.
Friends, we need this reminder:
NOTHING IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR GOD. DO YOU BELIEVE IT?
2. Power for Living. We need power for witnessing. Second, we need power for living. Here’s the rub. Many of us have settled for a mediocre Christian life. We’ve fooled ourselves into thinking that we can never change. We say things like, “That’s just how I am. I just have a bad temper. I can’t help myself. Take me or leave me.”
Many of us give lip service to God but live our lives in our own strength. We operate in our own energy probably 80% of the time. That’s not the way God intends for us to live. Listen to these strong words from Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1:18-20: “I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of His mighty strength, which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms.”
Can I ask you some questions? Do you experience that same power that raised Jesus from the dead in your life? Do you access this power in your marriage, or do you believe that it can’t get any better? Are you convinced that your kids will never change? Do you assume that your parents will never understand you? Have you lost hope that your finances will ever stabilize? Do you need to trust our omnipotent God with a physical problem?
Friends, with God, all things are possible. There is no circumstance, no attitude, and no person outside of God’s power. Remember, you don’t need to necessarily have great faith in God, but rather faith in a great God who is omnipotent.
2 Timothy 1:7 says that we have been given “a spirit of power” and 2 Peter 1:3 reminds us that “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness…” Let me say this strongly: The normal Christian life is to be characterized by power for living. It’s normal to experience and tap into God’s power on a daily basis. Conversely, it is abnormal to not access His power.
Here’s the good news. You don’t have to be strong to get this power. In fact, you need to be weak. 2 Corinthians 12:9 is written to people like you and me: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power my rest on me.”
