Power!

(Proverbs 3:27) “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.”

Have you ever stopped to consider the power that God wields in His voice, He speaks and creation appears, out of darkness He caused light to shine? From the deep he spoke and light appeared, and from that He caused the universe to exist, when we see with our eyes as they peer into the distant and absorb all of the beauty of creation, do we ever realize that in the beginning there was darkness. (Genesis 1:1-2) “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

We see that God can do what He wants when He wants as He at will has the ability and the power to execute all His desires. Us on the other hand do not have this ability, and thank God for that! Imagine if mankind as a fallen being, awake to sin as sinner had the same ability God had and we could choose what should or shouldn’t be. What a scary thought! Have you ever sat in a group over dinner or the like, with a mix of male and female and spoken about a controversial issue like the death penalty? If not then you will not understand my point but if you have then this summit will be clearly understood. Every individual has their own opinion and they will drive it home if given the opportunity. With that said, where would we find common ground to rule and create? I suppose we could form governments that will rule as they now do, some democratically while other rule with a soviet fist. But if we look at history, what happens when a man like Hitler comes into power and almost overthrows the world through war. Yet in the process He wipeout six million Jews! I could spent days looking at various examples through history establishing my point. Mankind has discovered and uses cloning to bring forth life, where will that eventually end? Will we begin to mass produce human embryos like the way Hollywood depicts it in the movies, like the film "The Matrix"? In conclusion it would be disastrous if we had the ability to create as God has. One last fact, we now can successfully use artificial insemination to help woman have kids. But let us consider the implications to this technique, male sperm is used to fertilize the eggs, one fertilizes egg is never the norm. Two to three gametes are them fertilized in case some die off, then the best looking embryo is chosen and placed into the woman’s womb for the duration of the pregnancy. What happens to the other eggs? They are left to die. When does life begin in Gods reckoning? Is it at birth or is it at conception? Now if I throw this out for debate, what do you think the response will be? One truth I am convinced about is that everybody will have their own outlook. Be that as it may, what if life begins at conception, what will then happen to the spirit of those unborn fertilized eggs? Are we then potentially sending our own children to hell? I do not emphatically belief that all children who die end up in hell if they have not repented and believed on Christ’s sacrifice on their behalf. And yet I do not with assurance say that all children that die prematurely will end up in heaven. This is a domain left to God’s judgment; He will be just as He is just and righteous.

Having said all of that, we must never lose sight of the power we do have in our own worlds. It is rather beautiful what God has equipped us with; we can chose to bless someone. Take a homeless man standing on a street corner begging bread, we can either turn a blind eye or reach out to him and provide provision for his need. We have it in our power to be kind when others are choosing to be mean. Think about this amazing gift God has left us with. I do not wish to force any obligation onto you in any particular area of your lives, but what I will stress is what God stresses:

(Proverbs 3:27) “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.” Sure the context of this verse instructs us to reward those who deserve rewarding, but think about the opportunity you have to reach out to someone in need. Will we think about orphans and widows? Remember how God reached out to us by sending His son to die in our place, may this cause a love to well up within our hearts and to make this year a year of giving of ourselves to the need of others, remember not to forget to entertain strangers. Why would I say that you may ask? (Hebrews 13:2) “Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

Signing off

Tyrone