Exceeding Power
Ephesians 1:19-23 KJV
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Though I don’t begin to know everything about electrical power, I do know that there are different levels of it. From the tiniest little current that travels along a miniscule wire to the massive cable that carries the supply to a whole city there are completely different levels of danger and the need to handle them in an appropriate manner. The tiny wire will just burn up if it’s connected to a large current and the big cable will be way too much for the little wire’s application.
I also know that while that electricity in the wall will shock the fire out of me if I touch both sides in an outlet, there is a power much greater than it in the instant transmission of a lightning bolt’s current. Our house was once struck by lightning and an old-style TV antennae on the roof had a wire running down into the basement that burned through pipe and fried computers and electronics in our home before the breakers could trip. Though there was what I always considered to be a significant power source in the wall, it was rendered insignificant and powerless in the instant it came in contact with the superior and exceeding power of the lightning bolt.
Sometimes it would seem that sickness, family conflict, or financial challenge has overwhelming power to totally disrupt life and eliminate hope for anything better in the future. It may really have some power to do harm and injury by itself in its own little world, but there is a power with which we’ve come into contact that isn’t just a little bit stronger than whatever we’re up against, but it is a lightning bolt of power that will completely disable and render powerless anything that would attempt to resist it. This is the power that makes hurricanes and meteors become silent and immovable in comparison, and this is the power that is working right now through Christ for and in us.
Jesus said all things are possible to the person who just believes. What exactly are we to believe? To believe in God at all is to really believe that His power far exceeds that of any other entity, and for His power to be significant in our little world there must be a belief that His superior power is working for us right now because of Christ’s victory over death. We’re operating on a completely different power level now. No worries- just beliefs.