Where Does Your Power Come From - Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus!

Where does your power come from - Turn your eyes upon Jesus!

We serve a powerful God!

Where does your power come from?

Story of the power going out for 6 hours.

Came home from work and the power was out.

Called the city.

We went to go for fast food and grocery shopping

Came back and down the street everyone’s lights were on

We got home, but our lights were still out

Called the city again

Lit candles and took the trash out since it was trash night. (little flickering light!)

Wife took stuff from the freezer and started to take it to church refridge so they wouldn’t go bad.

The city truck arrived and I messaged Teresa so she came back.

After about 10 minutes the power was back on.

So of course, where does your power come from?

“When the electric utility repairman arrived, he discovered the problem quickly. It wasn’t something we did. Full power was restored within about 15 minutes of the repairman’s arrival. He probably just flipped a switch on the outside box is my guess!

“In our spiritual lives, internal power outages may occur from time to time. Sometimes it is not something we have done, but something someone else did to us. Some decision allows something into the recesses of our hearts, resulting in a short circuit and loss of power somewhere in the system. Not everything blows at once—just enough to cause aggravation and frustration. For awhile, we may be able to manage without full power—you know, with candles and flashlights and oil lamps—but not for long.

“How should we react when we experience a short-circuit in our spiritual lives? Ignore it? (No.) Walk away from it? (Come on!) Pretend it didn’t happen? (Not recommended.) Try to fix the problem ourselves? (Ouch!) Actually, the only reasonable way to address a personal power outage is to contact the Person who knows all about such problems and knows how to restore normal power in a person’s life. Invite Him into your heart; let Him go about finding a satisfactory solution. There is no problem too small or too big for Him. Best of all, He specializes in house calls.”

Mark 9:14-29

14 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them. 15 As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him. 16 “What are you arguing with them about?” he asked. 17 A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.” 19 “You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.” 20 So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. 22 “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” 23 “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” 24 Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” 25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up. 28 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 29 He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”

Verse 23 says: “If you can?” Isn’t that a funny statement to say to God? Even Jesus questioned it! Everything is possible for the one who believes!

When this young man was unfixable by every other means, who do they finally call on to fix the short circuit? The author and finisher of our faith! He is omnipotent! He can do anything! He can fix any problem. He’s the great physician! He’s the all powerful mighty God!

Why couldn’t the disciples do it? Their power was limited. So then who should they have turned to? Jesus said this kind can come out only by prayer. And who would they be praying to? God, who can do miracles and has the power to do anything. When we are weak He is strong!