Power

I am always amazed at the confidence I have in myself and how many times I encounter moments that show my weakness. For example, right now I am finishing my basement and am making many trips to the home improvement store buying supplies and lumber. I am amazed how heavy those supplies get when you start to pile them up on your cart.

One 2x4, hey I can handle with ease. Add another and another, still no problem. But you start to pile up the wood and I start to sweat. Soon it’s too much for me to handle. So for me I am limited in my ability to move that lumber around. Sure I can build things, but one small piece at a time. Yet I remember days on the plains of Colorado watching a tornado tear up an entire field of corn and wheat in seconds. I have watched in amazement and horror the immediate and devastating effects of such a wind storm on a house. What I was too weak to accomplish and might take me an entire day a tornado could accomplish in a moment.

In the sight of spinning circular clouds and in the midst of clashing oceans waves I am reminded once again how small I am in my assumedly large and strong body.

The power of God is really and truly difficult to grasp. It helps me immensely to know that I have a God I serve that is so powerful that this is how He is described.

(Jeremiah 10:12) “It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.”

Its moments like these in my life that help me see and understand that I am very weak even in my strength. That I am very foolish even in my wisdom and I am very sinful even in my best righteous acts. I need a mighty God, a savior that is most capable, powerful Father. I need a mighty God!

The Bible tells us in Isaiah 26:4 to “trust in the Lord forever for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.” Rocks are pretty hard and make up some of the hardest elements on earth. But even a rock is not everlasting, it will also succumb to the will of the pounding water as erosion takes hold. Erosion is our weak moments and those weak moments are not to be hidden away but offered up to Jesus, the Mighty God who takes care of us in our greatest needs.

So, in your weak moments where do you go? What do you tend to do when things don’t work out?

How might you change that to rely on Jesus during those weak moments?

(Psalm 62:11) “One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard:“Power belongs to you, God.”