Power Source

Lightning erupts from the sky, sending 1 billion volts of energy crashing to the ground at 140,000 mph!

Earthquakes shatter the ground, effortlessly ripping through steel and stone!

The Sun, so large that 1.3 MILLION earths could fit into it, burns fiercely, giving light and energy to our entire solar system!

Each of these images are sources of almost unfathomable power to us! The amount of energy released from each of these is flat out ridiculous! Within the energy released lies great power to cause great fear and chaos, or in some cases, sustenance and provision.

However, though these forces are daunting because of the force they contain, they could not even dream of having the power to raise the dead! Guess what could?

The name of Jesus!

Did you know that when Jesus died, such an enormous power was released that according to Matthew 27, "The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life."

Crazy!

 I honestly think the Sun wishes he could do that!

Yeah, you're probably starting to catch onto my theme here, but don't shut down just yet. You see, just because you have a head knowledge of this fact does not in anyway necessitate that you live like you do!

So often, we try to have realistic expectations of what God will do in our lives. We pray from the standpoint of someone wishing that God will be able to muster up a bit of his over-exhausted power to use on our situations, hoping only for a tiny little something.

Many times, because of life experience, I hear people pray with no expectation of God to move, almost as if they were saying, 
"I know you can probably do this God, but I don't want to get my hopes up" 
thus, rendering any faith they might have had, useless.

Do you know the name of Him who you call on?

All of the energy from all of the lightning, earthquakes, and sun rays spanning throughout all of history cannot begin to compare to the smallest fraction of power found in the name of Jesus.

Do you really believe this?

There is a way you can tell for sure:

Look at what you're believing for.

Are you expecting God to do anything big? Are you actually believing that God will move in your situation? Or are you just expecting to deal with and/or fix your own situation?

Gut check.

It may be time for a perspective change.

Paul, the writer of much of the New Testament believed that God is "able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine."

Do you believe in this God?
Prove it!
What are you going to believe God for in your life?

⁷ The voice of the LORD strikes
   with flashes of lightning.
⁸ The voice of the LORD shakes the desert;
   the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
⁹ The voice of the LORD twists the oaks^[s]
   and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

Psalm 29:7-9