Awesome, Saving Power – by Abby Kelly
“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.” Luke 10:19
I love a good workout as much as the next girl. I love seeing physical changes, especially the growth in strength and stamina. In 2 Timothy 2, Paul compares Christians to an athlete. Other places, he talks about, “running the race,” and “buffet[ing] my body.” We’re also told, over and over, to grow in the knowledge of God, to increase our faith and to stand strong. There are means of grace and godly behaviors that we must practice in order to grow as Christians.
When someone begins physical training, those first few workouts reveal their baseline—the amount of strength they have in the beginning. Barring a specific disability, no one starts at ground zero. The same is true in the Christian faith.
Paul says, “I do not cease to give thanks for you … that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him … and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe … “.
In the Greek, the word power is, “dynamis,” meaning, “power residing by virtue of one’s nature”.
There is a power at work in, and available to, each Christian, that has nothing to do with how faithfully they’ve had quiet times, how much Scripture they’ve memorized or how often they go to church. The power that saves us, is God’s power exerted for us in Christ. Nothing we can do will weaken or restrain that awesome, saving power.
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