Rhapsody of Realities TeeVo Devotional 22nd June – Are You Strengthened?

(Be Empowered With All Might)

TO THE BIBLE: Colossians 1:10-11
“That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy.”

LET’S TALK
It’s God’s will for us to be strengthened; that is, empowered with ALL might (miracle-working) power in our spirits! Ponder on that for a moment. He wants us filled, not with some of His power, but with all of it. He’s dealing here with “dunamis” (Greek); inherent power. He wants this power working in you. This shouldn’t be difficult for any Christian to understand at all because the one who’s born again, and has received the Holy Spirit, has received the power of God; for the Holy Spirit is the power of God.

Acts 1:8 NIV says, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you….” The question now is, how can you make this power you have inside you work for you? The first thing is to recognise that you have it in you. You don’t need to ask God for more power. The power of God is in you. That means you can’t be disadvantaged. Acknowledge this about yourself always. In Philippians 4:13, Paul didn’t say, “O God, I pray you’ll give me power to do all things.” Realising that all the power he needed was already in him, he declared, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Secondly, know that the power you’ve received works with attitude. Yes, you’ve been empowered with all might, and can do all things, but you must balance it with good character: love, patience, joyfulness, meekness, and humility. Observe that the latter part of our opening scripture says, “…strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy.”

Some people endure with anger when they face certain situations. But the Lord admonishes you to endure with joy; He wants you patient and hopeful that the righteousness of God will be established in that situation. Therefore, in exercising your power to do anything and effect changes in your life and in your environment, do so with patience, longsuffering (endurance), joy, and humility.

Go Deeper
2 Corinthians 3:5; Ephesians 3:20

Speak:
I’m strengthened with all might by God’s Spirit in my inner man. I have the right attitude of humility in the face of staggering opposition. Glory to God!

Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
Acts 10:1-23, Ezra 4-6
TWO YEAR
2 Corinthians 7:9-16, Isaiah 9

Act:
Acknowledge and declare that the power of God is in you.