Power is His

Purpose, Plan, Promise, and Power.

These four things are so strongly interrelated in God that there is little telling them apart. God's purpose and His plan always align perfectly and this only breaks down where man's free will is concerned. God's promises remain sound and will be ultimately fulfilled regardless of what we see before us today.

So many promises of God have already been fulfilled that there is little room left for doubt. But some still doubt and that has to do with God preserving mans free will.

The real power is when the doubt is out! When there is no doubt then God is free to act out his perfect will in us. This is called being reborn. I know, I know, I sound like I am saying that if a person would stop doubting that they could do and be anything.

First of all, that's not true. they could do and be anything that God saw fit to make them be and do-That of course is true! Secondly, doubt is a real stumbling block and necessary to some extent; it preserves free will. Even when we think we believe without doubting, sometimes we doubt whether the outcome we desire is the outcome that God desires.

It is hard, if not impossible for us to know the PERFECT will of God because His way are so far above our ways. POWER -like being powerful- belongs to God. Even when God sees fit to exhibit His power is us we must realize that it is not us who owns the power.

This brings us to humility as a way of life. Indeed, dying to self and striving to be Christ-like as a way of life. Jesus would say, " Aha, now you are beginning to get the idea..."

See ya Sunday

Pastor Daniel R. Stevenson
www.newheightsfellowshipchurch.org