Activate His Power

Part of Apostle Paul’s prayer for every believer in Christ Jesus was that we would understand just “…how very great is His power at work in us who believe.” (Ephesians 1:19 GNT). Paul, like Jesus before him, could not impress upon us enough how important it is for us to believe. Jesus told Martha, in John 11:40, that if she believed, she would see the glory of God. I believe that this was not the first time Jesus was telling her this, since He is recorded as saying, “Didn’t I tell you…”

You see, when you believe, when you truly believe, you activate His power. As long as you do not allow unbelief to enter in, linger, and take up residence in you, the exceeding greatness of God’s power is released toward you. 

Look at the account of the centurion and his sick servant, in Luke 7:1-10. He strongly believed that all that was necessary was for Jesus to say the word and his servant would be healed. This man believed without doubt and his servant’s healing took effect immediately. Before Jesus even reached to the house, this incredible power, barreled its way towards the centurion’s home and struck its target, simply because he believed it could. That is how you activate His power!

Jairus’ little daughter, who, according to Matthew 9:18, had died, was restored to life when Jairus believed. He simply chose to believe and God’s power was activated. Notice as you read, how Jesus removed all unbelievers from their midst and with that, God’s exceedingly great power materialised. That is how you activate His power! Remove the unbelievers, the naysayers, the negativity from your midst and only believe.

Don’t you want to experience the full extent of the exceeding greatness of God’s power toward you? You may be tempted to think that this is too good to be true, or that it was only available in biblical days. Well these days are biblical days and God’s incredible power of which Paul spoke is not a myth, it is very real and it can be manifested in your life but only when you truly believe. Believe, and God will hold nothing back. It is a blessing from the realm of heaven.

Amen†

Activate His Power

Shelley Johnson September 19, 2017

Showers of Blessing

“…and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.” – Ezekiel 34:26 (ESV)

God compared His blessing to the falling rain. Not torrential rainfall, which may prove destructive but rather that type of rain that is strangely comforting, that type of rainfall that makes you revisit those carefree days of childhood, where at the first pitter-patter, you were out the door, not willing to miss out on even one raindrop. 

I believe that God is giving us a picture of showers that prompt you to curl up on your bed or favourite chair under the covers. A constant and measured shower of rain that’s soothing and refreshing and curiously healing. Rainfall that encourages crops to grow and flowers to bloom. Those rain showers that only bring benefits to the earth – the land and its inhabitants.

So, you must realize that God could not be referring to a mere drizzle, after all He is not stingy. He’s neither stingy with the rain He sends to nourish the earth nor the showers of blessing He sends to refresh His children. When God sends you a blessing, it’s enough to keep and enough to give and some left over. Like when Jesus fed the five thousand, it was more than enough and still had much more remaining. 

God gives and gives, plenty, bountifully and in great abundance. Psalm 68:9-10 says of God,

“You caused abundant rain to fall and restored Your worn-out land; Your people made their home there; in Your goodness You provided for the poor.” (GNT)

Oh yes, God’s blessing is always abundant and always restores. He sends it as showers, showers of blessing. When we truly understand that it is God’s desire to bless us, and we accept this truth and plant it in our hearts, and not just leave it floating around in our heads, we will dwell in a state of God’s showers of blessing, receiving from Him in every area of our lives, a people well provided for.

Amen† 

Showers of Blessing

Shelley Johnson September 11, 2017