Showing posts with label Eph 3:20-21. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eph 3:20-21. Show all posts

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Power and Gifts of Grace

Ephesians 3:20-21, 4:7 "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever, amen. ... grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift."

Ephesians 1:19-22 "That you may know... his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come."

The same power that raised Christ from the dead, works in us still, works in us as individuals! God is not weakened by use or by exponential growth in the numbers of the faithful. God cares just as much about us as individuals as he cares about defeating sin wholly, once and for all. There is no favoritism here, there is only a God that sees his creation, all, each and every one of his children, being destroyed and dying, and knowing that he is the only one that can bring them home, he moves, he acts, he saves them. Whenever God moves, he moves big, he moves awesomely. I can't even begin to imagine that strength. God is GREAT and he loves us.

"Two things you told me/That you are strong/And you love me" - Jon Foreman, Your Love is Strong