Our hearts are strengthened when we see that we do not need to live as though we are functionally helpless. This particular prayer request is where Paul concentrates, for if God were powerless he could not make his call effectual or give us assurance that he will finally bring us home to our inheritance.
God’s power is immeasurably great. Any religious person will agree with you on that statement. He makes volcanoes erupt, he directs dandelion seeds to their destination, and he is matchless in his might. But what makes our view of God’s power distinctly Christian is that God has used his immeasurable power to do three cosmos-altering things: He raised Jesus from the dead; he seated Jesus at his right hand, putting all things under Jesus’ feet; and he made Jesus head over all things for the church.
When we see with the eyes of our heart that we are alive in Christ, we understand that God’s immeasurably great power is toward us who believe. God in Christ conquered death and evil. This is very good news.
Gloria Furman is the author of Alive in Him and several other books. She lives with her family in Dubai. Content taken from Alive in Him: How Being Embraced by the Love of Christ Changes Everything by Gloria Furman, ©2017. Scripture quotations within these excerpts are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Used by permission of Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, IL 60187, www.crossway.org.
