I woke up early the other day with use your power in my head.
What power?
The power that abides or dwells in my inner man through the Holy Spirit!
Consider these scriptures:
‘But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He Who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.’ [Romans 8:11]
‘…that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man…’ [Ephesians 3:16]
‘Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…’ [Ephesians 3:20]
‘…strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience…’ [Colossians 1:11]
That's resurrection power He's talking about! The very power that raised Jesus from the dead, when all hell was fighting against Him, is inside every reborn believer!
In fact, the Greek word for power in these Scriptures is dunamis—miraculous power, might, strength. He works by the miracle-working power within us—the Holy Spirit.
How Do We Use the Power?
That's the real question...ok, I've got the power of God inside of my reborn spirit—not just some power, but ALL power. How do I use it?
Look at Jesus. He's our Elder Brother and example...how did He use His power? For we know that it is God's will that we do the same and greater works than He did! [John 14:12]
In every instance, He used His mouth. He spoke to sick and crippled bodies, to dead people, to donkeys and fish and storms [oh my!]. And then, He told us to do the same thing!
"...for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you." [Matthew 17:20]
'And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen."' [Matthew 21:21]
‘And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.’ [Mark 11:22-24]
'And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea;' and it would obey you." [Luke 17:6]
Faith...Again
The room at Passover...how did He know there was going to be a donkey? Because He thought like God! He knew that if He said it, it would happen, period. Same with the fig tree...He walked away, knowing it would work.
In fact, that’s how He arranged for the room they used for the Passover meal—He said it! He didn’t do a search on available catering venues, make some calls, meet with caterers…He SAID it!
Likewise at the tomb of Lazarus, the house of the ruler of the synagogue, the wedding at Cana, the fish with money in it’s mouth, etc. etc.
If Jesus had been thinking like a man, He would have secretly entered the ruler's house through the back door, quietly gone in and laid hands on her to see if it would work or not...NO! He knew it would work, so He boldly went and threw all the mourners out! Just as He boldly walked up to the tomb of Lazarus and commanded Him to get up! He didn't go secretly, wringing His hands and crying 'Dear God, I hope this works! Maybe I'll take a little off the top just in case it doesn't...'
He used His power, and His power is fully resident within us.
Stop for a minute and mediate on that. John 1 says all things came into being through Him—now that’s power!
Why does it always come back to faith? Because faith...seeing it as finished [heart] and speaking it [mouth] is just the way the universe really works. This is not just for the reborn, either...the book of Proverbs is loaded with references to using the mouth to produce natural reality. And let's not forget the Tower of Babel story, either...God had to stop them before they became unstoppable, and they were doing it with their mouths!
It's tough for us in the developed world to grasp this truth—we've been thoroughly brainwashed through secular reason and humanism.
But it's true, anyway, whether we choose to believe it or not. Our choice to believe only affects whether or not we will benefit from the practice of active faith, personally.
So use your power. Speak the Word into your life.
Hallelujah!
