How Strong is a Trusting Christian?

How much power does God have? I have to smile at that question.  No one but God knows the answer to that question because no one can fathom that much power.  It is like imagining what the fifth dimension is like.  We have never seen it, experienced it nor do we have the capacity to understand it with our minute minds.

How much Power does a Christian have?  All the power of God is in your hands without limit.  Forget moving mountains or mulberry trees, that is small compared to the power God has placed in you.  The powers of the universe are insignificant compared to the power that lays within you.

One of the last things Jesus told his disciples was to wait in Jerusalem to receive power. (Luke 24:49) The Greek word for 'power' is Dunamis.  It means power, mighty works, miraculous power, and abundance.

Did Jesus give any restrictions or limitations?  No!  When the Holy Spirit came down at Pentecost He came into each believer complete with all the power of God.  The Holy Spirit dwells within each Christian.  The power of God is in you.

Whoa! Now don't start thinking I have gone off the deep end.  That does not mean you can walk up to Washington DC and call down fire and brimstone. 1 John 5:14-15 says,"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us- whatever we ask- we know that we have what we asked of him."

What I said about the power of God is true, but it must be according to the will of God. (There goes your Mercedes Benz.)  There are thousands of promises, some say over 5000, found in the Bible.  Not all of them are for you, but thousands are.  If you find a promise of God, you can be sure that every ounce of God's power is there to make sure it is true.

So many times in the Bible God promises He will protect us and be with us wherever we go.  When my daughter Christy had just turned 13 she wanted to go on a two-month missions trip to the Amazon.   We trusted in God's promises to protect her.  God had called her there and she belonged to Him.  She was safer in arms of God in the jungles than if she had been home in our arms.  That might be the point in her life that made her the woman of God she is today.

We trusted the promises of God.  The power of God saw that she came home.  Have you read what God has promised to you?  Do you know what God will do to fulfill those promises in your life?  If you want to know some of the promises for you, there is a book with 199 promises of God you might like, but the best book to read is your Bible.  It has every promise God has ever made to you.  Read it every day and find those golden nuggets meant for you.

God's promises are backed by the love and power of God.