A GOD OF POWER

Rev. 15:3

 

". . . Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. . ."

 

Friend, I want you to know that our God is ALMIGHTY.  I know that, not because I have heard it preached, not because I have preached it myself, and not because I learned it in a theology class.  I know that God is almighty because that is what He says about Himself.  In Gen. 17:1 we read that God appeared to Abram and said: "I am El Shaddai, [God Almighty]."   In the theology classroom, this aspect of God's being is referred to as His "omnipotence."  Regardless of the word we use, it means that God has all power, He is totally lacking in weakness, and He can act without external restriction.  In Matthew 19:26, Jesus put it this way: ". . . With God all things are possible." 

 

The cosmic application is that all nature is absolutely subject to God’s will.   And we are talking about all of the laws of nature and the entire physical universe.  He spoke and it came to be!  Even life and death are subject to God’s will.

 

The personal application is:

1.    You don’t have a problem that God can’t solve.

2.    You aren’t in a situation that God can’t direct you out of.

3.    God’s grace and power are exceedingly, abundantly, unquestionably adequate for you!

 

It is because of this that the Scripture says plainly and confidently, "If God is for us, who can be against us?” -- Rom. 8:31.  And “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?” -- Ps. 27:1 (NASB).  There is no greater power that can come along and change or restrict or reject the plans or the works of God.  He is Melech ha-olam, the eternal King, the wholly sovereign God who was and is and ever shall be! 

 

Oh, and one more thing; when God grabs hold, He doesn't let go.  He is totally, perfectly faithful.  In Isa. 46:9-10 He declares: “I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. . . I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please."  God does not begin and not complete.  God does not promise and not fulfill.  That is true in the cosmos and also true in your life.  So you can trust God no matter what!  “Be confident of this, he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” -- Php 1:6.

 

So to the Christian I can say with confidence:

1.    God will NEVER leave you nor forsake you.

2.    He is WITH you and He is FOR you.

3.    No one can EVER change that.

4.    You can’t trust your feelings but you can trust God’s Word. 

 

 

--- Pastor Keith Andrews