Power Belongs to God

Power Belongs to God Psalm 62:11
The signs and wonders demonstrated by God in the Scriptures areamazing, from the Plagues to the miracles God performed during the ministries of Joshua, Elijah, Elisha and other Old Testament saints. Then in the New Testament from the miracles performed by Jesus and, all of those recorded in the Book of Acts by the Apostles and the 1st century believers.

Today in the USA it seems that the Church lacks power. I have heard many excuses for thislack of power, I am not going to address the validity of those excusesI am going to address what I think the answer is.

Many people are praying for the power of God to fall on the Church, I thinkthat is a good practice and it should be continued. We need to alsoremember that God said, "Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? (Jeremiah 23:29) If the Church is to obtain the fullness of God's power we must to feed on the Word of God. No other food will give us the strength/power that we seek, God mightiily moving in and through us.

The Word of God is mighty to bring about the conviction of sin. In Acts 2:37 we read, "Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" What brought about this deep conviction,The preaching by Peter of the mighty Word of God. Peter's sermon wasscripture from beginning to end carried home by the Spirit of God, and itpierced their minds and hearts.

The Word of God has life giving power, power to regenerate a dead generation. 1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, The word ofGod is the seed out of which the divine nature springs up in the soul of a man or woman. 2 Peter 1:4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature,.

What about the signs and wonders? What about healing? What about miracles?Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. Matthew 21:21 "Assuredly, 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 also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. Mark 11:23 "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Luke 17:6 So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. The requirement for seeing mountains moved and trees moved, (signs wonders and miracles) according to Jesus is faith.

Faith is what we need to see God's mighty power manifested in the Church today. I know that offends many people and I am sorry of that offense but it is what Jesus said. Let's not take up the offense lets just take up our Bibles and read, study, memorize,hear, meditate and do the Word of God. Why? Because it is the Word of God by which we can obtain Victorious Faith. Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. If we want victorious faith weneed to read, study, memorize, meditate, do, and hear God's Word. This is important because it is faith that wins mighty victories for God - Hebrews 11:33-34 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Here are a few more supporting scriptures to this principle.
Ephesians 6:16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.

So the Church today I believe needs the Power of God manifested in her like the Bible speaks of, to tear down the enemies camp and deliver people out of the kingdom of the devil. To see that power we need faith, and to have that faith we need to be discipled everyday by His mighty Word. All for His Glory, So that all the peoples will know of the Messiah Jesus, and what great things He has done and is doing.