"I've Got the Powah!"

It occurred to me at one point a while ago that I should explain the title of this blog. As I see it, the basic routine of life is sleep, eat, work, play (a little), sleep, eat, work, play (a little), etc. On another dimension, the basic routine of life is desire, strive, attain, desire, strive, attain, etc. And even when we're striving for the "right" reasons (i.e. working for God), we still go through this cycle. It's inevitable. But as Christians living on Earth, we've got the edge over our fellow human counterparts.

My dad emailed me a presentation that he used for his Faith and Business class which illustrated the "Sources of Power from the Human Point of View". These sources included: Positional power, Informational power, Charismatic power, Networking power, Influence power, and Capital power (i.e. PICNIC). Basically, humans love power. Nay, we crave it. But what is Biblical power?

1 Corinthians 1:23-24 says "but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God" and later in 1 Corinthians 6:14, Paul says "By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also." Overall, Jesus is POWER. We shouldn't have to crave human power because in Ephesians 1:18-19 Paul writes, "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know [...] his incomparably great power for us who believe."

What does this mean today? While we strive to get the grade and desire to get the job or just hope to please the Father, just know that we already have the POWER of God. Paul prays for the Thessalonians that "our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith" (2 Thessalonians 1:11). Later, Peter also writes "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness" (2 Peter 1:3). And therefore, we have no concern about the world's goals because the POWER we already have is so much greater than the power for which the world strives.

Not to say that there's anything wrong with striving for the good grades and desiring that dream job. It's just that, unlike the World, we as Christians have faith that the future will iron itself out despite the bad grades, despite the lack of money, despite being passed over for a promotion at work, despite the difficult questions, despite the lack of answers, despite the seeming silence of the Maker's voice.... Why? Cause through Jesus, we have POWER. Through Jesus, we have The Christian Edge.

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