Thine is the Power
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him; and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”
John 1:1-3
I wonder what would happen if we were better at keeping this in mind as we pray, as we sing to God, as we gather together with God’s people for corporate worship? What increased sense of anticipation might that engender? Probably much more than we have right now in many churches and yes, in many of our individual hearts too!
“On the whole I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? It is madness to wear ladies’ hats and straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets.”
Annie Dillard
“Many Christians estimate difficulties in light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on his power and presence being with them.”
Hudson Taylor
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
1 Peter 1:3-5
