Energy Of God!
"To this end I strenuously contend with all
the energy Christ so powerfully works in me."
Colossians 1: 29
It takes a lot of energy to keep our world powered up, lit up,
and filled up. Scientists tell us that humans daily consume
about 63,300,000 megawatt-hours of electricity.
Approximately half of our energy comes from oil and
natural
gas. Another quarter comes from coal and nuclear reactors.
Remaining 25% comes from renewable energy sources.
Put all that together and multiply it by a billion, and it still
would not equal a split-second of the energy God makes
available to us for living a Christ-like life in this world.
Think of a phrase Paul used—all the energy Christ
so powerfully works in me. Is that true for you?
Jesus sends strength into our souls by the Holy Spirit, and that’s
why we’re constantly told to be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18),
walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16), pray in the Spirit (Ephesians 6:18),
love in the Spirit (Colossians 1:8), and to be in the Spirit on the Lord’s
Day (Revelation 1:10).
Energy of God within us keeps us moving
forward into God’s will for our life.
"He works in us—and does so powerfully,
Paul says—to give us his own energy for
the work to which he calls us."
David Mathis
