Resurrection Power
In the second chapter of Ephesians, verses 4 and 5 in the Amplified Bible we read this:
But God----so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,
Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and union with Christ: [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself , the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation).
Our Heavenly Father loves us so intensely that He made provision for us to come back into His household when we didn’t want to, when we were sinners, stinky and putrified with sin. Even in our condition where He couldn’t touch us or fellowship with us, He gave us His very life. It is the same life that He gave to Christ Himself when He raised Him from the dead. It is zoe life. We call it resurrection power. It is the very power and nature of God Himself.
God’s power is stronger than any of our man-made powers. Even the H-bomb doesn’t hold a smidgeon of the power that God Almighty has. And the most wonderful thing about His power is that it is what emanates from God Who is Love. Love Himself is the power of God Himself. When we embrace His Love in its totality, we are embracing His power in its totality. You see, we as mankind have not begun to understand the reason we are to walk in agape love. Agape Love is God Himself is zoe life is the light power of God. It is the very force that raised Christ Jesus from the dead. He was raised from the dead by agape love, the very core of God’s being and the very center of the zoe Life of God, which created this universe and mankind and keeps everything running.
In Ephesians 1:17-21 we read about that resurrection power and God’s desire for us to understand it. Just as Paul prayed, we are to pray for God, Who is the Father of glory, Who is the God of our Lord Jesus Christ (and our God) to grant us, give us the spirit of wisdom and revelation, insight in the mysteries of God, the secrets of God, the operation of His Kingdom. We are to pray that the eyes of our understanding be enlightened, that our spiritual eyes be opened to the truth by having our hearts, our spirits flooded with light. And what is light. It is the Word; it is God Himself.
There are a number of reasons listed here why we should pray for the eyes of our understanding to be enlightened, to know the truth of God. And one of the reasons listed is that we would know and understand the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in us and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places].
When we look up the meaning of might, mighty power here in verse 19 of chapter 1, it means the operative energy of the manifested strength of His might. In plain English that is God’s power in action. That is God at work with His unlimited power, which actually is His Love in action, since He is Love. You see, we as mankind have not really understood what agape love truly is. It is the power of God released into a situation to bring about what God desires, what He speaks of in His Word.
So, my question to you today is this? What impossible situation are you in? What situation are you in, in which people are nasty and ugly? You can ignore them or you can retaliate against them or you can leave them alone. OR you can release God, Who is Love, into the situation and watch Him work. Now, we are not talking about human love, which gets upset at being treated ugly. We are talking about power, not feelings, not reaction. We are talking about God’s power. His Love is His power in manifestation. Oh, you have to get this. It is the very core of how God’s Kingdom operates. My prayer for you today is that you will have Godly revelation of agape love and how to release it into your life and the life of those around you. It is pure power.
But God----so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,
Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and union with Christ: [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself , the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation).
Our Heavenly Father loves us so intensely that He made provision for us to come back into His household when we didn’t want to, when we were sinners, stinky and putrified with sin. Even in our condition where He couldn’t touch us or fellowship with us, He gave us His very life. It is the same life that He gave to Christ Himself when He raised Him from the dead. It is zoe life. We call it resurrection power. It is the very power and nature of God Himself.
God’s power is stronger than any of our man-made powers. Even the H-bomb doesn’t hold a smidgeon of the power that God Almighty has. And the most wonderful thing about His power is that it is what emanates from God Who is Love. Love Himself is the power of God Himself. When we embrace His Love in its totality, we are embracing His power in its totality. You see, we as mankind have not begun to understand the reason we are to walk in agape love. Agape Love is God Himself is zoe life is the light power of God. It is the very force that raised Christ Jesus from the dead. He was raised from the dead by agape love, the very core of God’s being and the very center of the zoe Life of God, which created this universe and mankind and keeps everything running.
In Ephesians 1:17-21 we read about that resurrection power and God’s desire for us to understand it. Just as Paul prayed, we are to pray for God, Who is the Father of glory, Who is the God of our Lord Jesus Christ (and our God) to grant us, give us the spirit of wisdom and revelation, insight in the mysteries of God, the secrets of God, the operation of His Kingdom. We are to pray that the eyes of our understanding be enlightened, that our spiritual eyes be opened to the truth by having our hearts, our spirits flooded with light. And what is light. It is the Word; it is God Himself.
There are a number of reasons listed here why we should pray for the eyes of our understanding to be enlightened, to know the truth of God. And one of the reasons listed is that we would know and understand the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in us and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places].
When we look up the meaning of might, mighty power here in verse 19 of chapter 1, it means the operative energy of the manifested strength of His might. In plain English that is God’s power in action. That is God at work with His unlimited power, which actually is His Love in action, since He is Love. You see, we as mankind have not really understood what agape love truly is. It is the power of God released into a situation to bring about what God desires, what He speaks of in His Word.
So, my question to you today is this? What impossible situation are you in? What situation are you in, in which people are nasty and ugly? You can ignore them or you can retaliate against them or you can leave them alone. OR you can release God, Who is Love, into the situation and watch Him work. Now, we are not talking about human love, which gets upset at being treated ugly. We are talking about power, not feelings, not reaction. We are talking about God’s power. His Love is His power in manifestation. Oh, you have to get this. It is the very core of how God’s Kingdom operates. My prayer for you today is that you will have Godly revelation of agape love and how to release it into your life and the life of those around you. It is pure power.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 8:53 AM
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